The Williamsburg Charter and Freedom of Conscience
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20385129 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Elie Wiesel (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1990 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 1/2 |
| Pages | 253 |
| Publication date | 1990-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Law and Religion (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0748-0814 • E-ISSN: 2163-3088 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/1051280 |
| OpenAlex | W1976483055 |
| Language | EN |
Ludwig Wittgenstein, one of this century's greatest philosophers, actually recommended belief in God. Although he himself was not religious, he commended faith because he thought couldn't hurt. But he was wrong. It hurts. It depends how you believe. If my belief is opposed to yours, if my belief is exclusive, exclusionary, negating all others, then it hurts. Then it hurts not only me, but you as well. This is the very heart of the problem related to freedom of belief and freedom of conscience
Charter · Conscience · Epistemology · Faith · Freedom of thought · Political science · Religious belief · Sociology · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Law · Philosophy
| Highly cited | No |
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