Conscience, Religious Liberty, and the Tai Ji Men Case
In April 2023, the author visited Taipei, and presented papers both at the First FOWPAL International Forum on Peace and Human Rights at National Taiwan University, on April 9, 2023, and at the conference "2023 Global and Local Perspectives: Dilemmas and Prospects of Religious Human Rights"...
| Published in: | The journal of CESNUR |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2023
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The journal of CESNUR
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United States Bill of Rights and Religious Liberty
B FOWPAL B Conscience B Dr. Hong Tao-Tze B Freedom of Religion or Belief Issues in Taiwan B Tai Ji Men |
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| Summary: | In April 2023, the author visited Taipei, and presented papers both at the First FOWPAL International Forum on Peace and Human Rights at National Taiwan University, on April 9, 2023, and at the conference "2023 Global and Local Perspectives: Dilemmas and Prospects of Religious Human Rights" at Aletheia University, on April 8, 2023. The two papers are on different but connected subjects. The first discusses how classical Western philosophy distinguishes between two concepts of "will" as part of human liberty: free will and operative will. Reflecting on human will is essential for defining human conscience as a source of moral judgments and the first and the ultimate tribunal of human choice. But human conscience can make mistakes and should be trained to avoid destruction, violence, and evil. Tai Ji Men, a spiritual movement led by Dr. Hong Tao-Tze, puts conscience at the core of its worldview. The second paper examines how the United States adopted the Bill of Rights in 1791 to temper and balance central government in favor of local powers and the citizens. The core of the Bill of Rights is religious liberty, and its message is relevant for the problems Tai Ji Men is currently encountering in Taiwan. |
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| ISSN: | 2532-2990 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of CESNUR
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2023.7.4.5 |