LAW, RELIGION AND SCIENCE – DETERMINING THE ROLE RELIGION PLAYS IN SHAPING SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY IN CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACIES – THE CASE OF INTELLIGENT
LAW, RELIGION AND SCIENCE – DETERMINING THE ROLE RELIGION PLAYS IN SHAPING SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY IN CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACIES – THE CASE OF INTELLIGENT

Summary/Abstract: Recently a new battle has emerged that implicates law, science and religion. The battle has focused on intelligent design (ID) and the numerous legal, philosophical, and educational concerns surrounding it. In the United States, resolution of these concerns centers on two questions: Is ID science? And is ID religion? Despite the fact that ID does not meet the standards of scientific rigor, ID proponents have been able to create a remarkably well-designed marketing plan aimed at imposing a theistic naturalism in schools and scientific discourse in the U.S. and a growing number of other countries. Both the ID movement and some of its most vociferous opponents have a vested interest in suggesting that science, especially evolutionary biology, and religion are incompatible and that law should recognize this supposed incompatibility. This paper presents a philosophical and legal counterpoint.

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