Protecting Suprarationality

Persona y Derecho 74, 2016, 203-221.

21 Pages Posted: 10 Mar 2017

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Rafael Domingo

University of Navarra - School of Law

Date Written: March 9, 2017

Abstract

In this paper, I address religion from a legal perspective. I argue that religion should be settled outside the secular legal system; otherwise, the secular legal system would not be truly secular. However, religion demands special protection as a public good and social value, as it constitutes an extrinsic constitutional limit of the legal. For a secular legal system, protecting religion ultimately means protecting human beings’ pursuit of the suprarational. Protecting suprarationality has three important legal consequences: (a) suprarational acts in the strictest sense should never be validated as legal acts; (b) democratic communities should not use suprarational arguments in legal discourse; and (c) the secular legal system cannot regulate suprarationality or the essentials of the religious community. The protection of religion demands both a dualistic structure that distinguishes the political community from the religious community and the treatment of religion as a right: the right to religion.

Keywords: religion, suprarationality, religious freedom, conscience

Suggested Citation

Domingo Osle, Rafael, Protecting Suprarationality (March 9, 2017). Persona y Derecho 74, 2016, 203-221., Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2930480

Rafael Domingo Osle (Contact Author)

University of Navarra - School of Law ( email )

Universidad de Navarra
Campus Universitario
Pamplona, Navarra 31009
Spain

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