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We live in a liberal, pluralistic, largely secular society where, in theory,there is fundamental protection for freedom of conscience generally andfreedom of religion in particular. There is, however, both in statute andcommon law, increasing pressure on religious believers and conscientiousobjectors (outside wartime) to act in ways that violate their sincere,deeply held beliefs. This is particularly so in health care, whereconscientious objection is coming under extreme pressure. I argue thatfreedom of religion and conscience need to be put on a sounder footingboth legislatively and by the courts, particularly in health care. I examinea number of important legal cases in the UK and US, where freedom ofreligion and conscience have come into conflict with governmentmandates or equality and anti-discrimination law. In these and other caseswe find one of two results: either the conscientious objector loses outagainst competing rights, or the conscientious objector succeeds, but dueto what I consider unsound judicial reasoning. In particular, casesinvolving cooperation in what the objector considers morally impermissibleaccording to their beliefs have been wrongly understood by someAme

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Author

David S. Oderberg

Publisher

The Institute of Economic Affairs

Published

2018

Language

EN

ISBN

9780255367622

Category

nonfiction