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Full Idea
It is unfair to exclude religious arguments from the public square because they are not accepted by everyone, unless other views that are not accepted by everyone are also excluded.
Gist of Idea
If minority views are accepted in debate, then religious views must be accepted
Source
Tuckness,A/Wolf,C (This is Political Philosophy [2017], 9 'fairly')
Book Ref
Tuckness,A / Wolf,C: 'This is Political Philosophy' [Wiley Blackwell 2017], p.233
A Reaction
Raises the obvious problems of a huge group in the grips of a fairly crazy view, and a tiny group (e.g. specialist scientists) in possession of a correct view. You can't just assess it on the size of the group. You can be wrong but reasonable.