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- Title
Does State Secularism Require Teachers to Abstain from Wearing Religious Symbols at School?
- Authors
Maxwell, Bruce; McDonough, Kevin; Waddington, David I.
- Abstract
The article discusses a debate in the province of Québec about whether a secular state should require teachers to not wear religious symbols while working. Topics include the notion of state neutrality regarding religion in relation to freedom of conscience, the notion of state autonomy, and professional ethics for teachers in relation to wearing religious symbols.
- Subjects
SECULARISM; RELIGIOUS life of teachers; RELIGIOUS symbols; PROFESSIONAL ethics of teachers; RELIGION &; state; QUEBECOIS politics &; government; LIBERTY of conscience
- Publication
Philosophy of Education Yearbook, 2014, p422
- ISSN
8756-6575
- Publication type
Article