A Cost-Benefit Analysis of Religious Persecution: Casting Up a Dread Balance Sheet

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R. George Wright

Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law

Date Written: June 15, 2012

Abstract

This Article notes that it is currently a matter of public controversy whether some forms of persecution based on religion are increasing or decreasing in the United States. This question itself is not subject to reasoned, consensual resolution. But a related and extremely important point remains to be made. Specifically, alongside the obvious costs of any persecution based on religion, many instances of alleged or actual religious persecution confer immense, judicially cognizable benefits, from the standpoint of many of the victims themselves, on many parties, including those victims. It can be entirely legitimate for legislatures, agencies, and courts to take such immense benefits to the victims into account in adopting policies or adjudicating claims about such government policies.

Suggested Citation

Wright, R. George, A Cost-Benefit Analysis of Religious Persecution: Casting Up a Dread Balance Sheet (June 15, 2012). University of Richmond Law Review 47 p. 695, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2084927 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2084927

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