A License to Discriminate? Masterpiece Cakeshop, the First Amendment, and Antidiscrimination Law
Ryan T. Anderson ‘04, William E. Simon Senior Research Fellow in American Principles & Public Policy, Heritage Foundation; John Corvino, Professor of Philosophy, Wayne State University; Sherif Girgis ’08, Doctoral Candidate in Philosophy, Princeton University; J.D., Yale Law School, responses from Christopher Tollefsen, College of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, University of South Carolina, Kevin Vallier, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Bowling Green State University; Moderated by Robert P. George, McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence and Director of the James Madison Program, Princeton University.
Virtually everyone supports religious liberty and opposes discrimination. But how do we handle the hard questions that arise when exercises of religious liberty seem to discriminate unjustly? How do we promote the common good while respecting conscience in a diverse society? Using the pending Supreme Court case Masterpiece Cakeshop as a case study, Ryan T. Anderson, John Corvino, and Sherif Girgis will explore these questions, followed by responses from Christopher Tollefsen and Kevin Vallier.