> Now I will state it more explicitly: those values are each at odds with either secularism or liberalism. If philosophies claiming absolute truth are imposed

> Now I will state it more explicitly: those values are each at odds with either secularism or liberalism. If philosophies claiming absolute truth are imposed on a pluralist society there will be conflict. In this sense, I agree they are incompatible in some cases. However, they are not necessarily incompatible. There are religious leaders who recommend that followers live by a religious philosophy without imposing it via strict laws. A philosopher named Robert Kane describes his views which distinguish between public morality and private morality. Pluralism as a public morality is compatible to a very large extent with most private moralities. You only get incompatibilities when the private morality tramples on the rights of other private moralities. This is a useful distinction.