¿DEBEN LAS DEMOCRACIAS LIBERALES ACEPTAR ARGUMENTOS RELIGIOSOS EN EL DEBATE PÚBLICO? Una reflexión a partir del pensamiento de Nicholas Wolterstorff y Joseph Ratzinger

One of the conflicts faced by liberal democracies has to do with the tendency to exclude religious arguments from public debate, because they are reasons that not all citizens are in a position to share. However, under this logic, some inconsistencies may arise that affect the very core of liberalism. Through the thought of two intellectual figures who –from the different perspectives of theology and philosophy of religion– have addressed these issues, Nicholas Wolterstorff and Joseph Ratzinger, we propose to reflect on the need for liberal democracy to include the religious dimension in the political discussion, if it wants to be faithful to its principles.