@article{ref1,
title="Cultural bias and liberal neutrality: Reconsidering the relationship between religion and liberalism through the lens of the physician-assisted suicide debate",
journal="Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics",
year="2002",
author="Jones, R.P.",
volume="22",
number="2",
pages="229-263",
abstract="Liberals often view religion chiefly as &quot;a problem&quot; for democratic discourse in modern pluralistic societies and propose an allegedly neutral solution in the form of philosophical distinctions between &quot;the right&quot; and &quot;the good&quot; or populist invocations of a &quot;right to choose.&quot; Drawing on cultural theory and ethnographic research among activists in the Oregon debates over the legalization of physician-assisted suicide, I demonstrate that liberal &quot;neutrality&quot; harbors its own cultural bias, flattens the complexity of public debates, and undermines liberalism's own commitments to equality. I conclude that the praiseworthy liberal goal of impartiality in policy decisions would best be met not by the inaccessible norm of neutrality but by a norm of inclusivity, which intentionally solicits multiple cultural perspectives.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1540-7942",
doi="10.5840/jsce20022212",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.5840/jsce20022212"
}