Abstract
Abstract One cliché has it that politics and religion don’t mix, but the suggested rule doesn’t apply to democracy. This essay proposes standards for a good mix: for when and how one may appeal to religion in political discussion and law-making. Its aim is to encourage citizens making laws to use adequate reasons, with mutual respect, and, so far as possible, on common ground. This practice accommodates both stating and being inspired by religious convictions. The restraints on citizens are simply to have, in law-making that restricts liberty, an adequate basis in the kind of reason we normally share. A counterpart standard accommodates religious bases of judgment: religious people should consult the ethical standards of their own religion. Often, these standards support laws and policies justifiable on other grounds or even a non-religious basis.
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