Conscientious Objection

Author : Mark R. Wicclair
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2011-05-26
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781139500197

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Conscientious Objection in Health Care by Mark R. Wicclair Pdf

Historically associated with military service, conscientious objection has become a significant phenomenon in health care. Mark Wicclair offers a comprehensive ethical analysis of conscientious objection in three representative health care professions: medicine, nursing and pharmacy. He critically examines two extreme positions: the 'incompatibility thesis', that it is contrary to the professional obligations of practitioners to refuse provision of any service within the scope of their professional competence; and 'conscience absolutism', that they should be exempted from performing any action contrary to their conscience. He argues for a compromise approach that accommodates conscience-based refusals within the limits of specified ethical constraints. He also explores conscientious objection by students in each of the three professions, discusses conscience protection legislation and conscience-based refusals by pharmacies and hospitals, and analyzes several cases. His book is a valuable resource for scholars, professionals, trainees, students, and anyone interested in this increasingly important aspect of health care.

Author : Robert F. Card
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 347 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2020-04-19
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781000066951

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A New Theory of Conscientious Objection in Medicine by Robert F. Card Pdf

This book argues that a conscientiously objecting medical professional should receive an exemption only if the grounds of an objector’s refusal are reasonable. It defends a detailed, contextual account of public reasonability suited for healthcare, which builds from the overarching concept of Rawlsian public reason. The author analyzes the main competing positions and maintains that these other views fail precisely due to their systematic inattention to the grounding reasons behind a conscientious objection; he argues that any such view is plausible to the extent that it mimics the ‘reason-giving requirement’ for conscience objections defended in this work. Only reasonable objections can defeat the prior professional obligation to assign primacy to patient well-being, therefore one who refuses a patient’s request for a legally available, medically indicated, and safe service must be able to explain the grounds of their objection in terms understandable to other citizens within the public institutional structure of medicine. The book further offers a novel policy proposal to deploy the Reasonability View: establishing conscientious objector status in medicine. It concludes that the Reasonability View is a viable and attractive position in this debate. A New Theory of Conscientious Objection in Medicine: Justification and Reasonability will be of interest to researchers and advanced students working in bioethics, medical ethics, and philosophy of medicine, as well as thinkers interested in the intersections between law, medical humanities, and philosophy.

Author : Neil Postman
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2011-06-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780307797315

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Conscientious Objections by Neil Postman Pdf

In a series of feisty and ultimately hopeful essays, one of America's sharpest social critics casts a shrewd eye over contemporary culture to reveal the worst -- and the best -- of our habits of discourse, tendencies in education, and obsessions with technological novelty. Readers will find themselves rethinking many of their bedrock assumptions: Should education transmit culture or defend us against it? Is technological innovation progress or a peculiarly American addiction? When everyone watches the same television programs -- and television producers don't discriminate between the audiences for Sesame Street and Dynasty -- is childhood anything more than a sentimental concept? Writing in the traditions of Orwell and H.L. Mencken, Neil Postman sends shock waves of wit and critical intelligence through the cultural wasteland.

Author : Amy J. Shaw
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2009-07-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780774858540

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Crisis of Conscience by Amy J. Shaw Pdf

The First World War's appalling death toll and the need for a sense of equality of sacrifice on the home front led to Canada's first experience of overseas conscription. While historians have focused on resistance to enforced military service in Quebec, this has obscured the important role of those who saw military service as incompatible with their religious or ethical beliefs. Crisis of Conscience is the first and only book about the Canadian pacifists who refused to fight in the Great War. The experience of these conscientious objectors offers insight into evolving attitudes about the rights and responsibilities of citizenship during a key period of Canadian nation building.

Author : Charles C. Moskos,John Whiteclay Chambers
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Conscientious objection
ISBN : 9780195079555

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The New Conscientious Objection by Charles C. Moskos,John Whiteclay Chambers Pdf

This study examines the changing motives and patterns of conscientious objection as well as state policies toward objectors in the Western world.

Author : Anders Schinkel
Publisher : Amsterdam University Press
Page : 639 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2007-01-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789085553915

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Conscience and Conscientious Objections by Anders Schinkel Pdf

In Western countries conscientious objection is usually accommodated in various ways, at least in certain areas (military conscription, medicine) and to some extent. It appears to be regarded as fundamentally different from other kinds of objection. But why? This study argues that conscientious objection cannot be understood as long as conscience is misunderstood. The author provides a new interpretation of the historical development of expressions of conscience and thought on the subject, and offers a new approach to conscientious objection rooted in the symbol-approach to conscience.

Author : United States. Selective Service System
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1950
Category : Conscientious objection
ISBN : IND:30000088910249

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Conscientious Objection ... by United States. Selective Service System Pdf

Author : Andrea Ellner,Paul Robinson,David Whetham
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2016-02-11
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781134763160

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When Soldiers Say No by Andrea Ellner,Paul Robinson,David Whetham Pdf

Traditionally few people challenged the distinction between absolute and selective conscientious objection by those being asked to carry out military duties. The former is an objection to fighting all wars - a position generally respected and accommodated by democratic states, while the latter is an objection to a specific war or conflict - theoretically and practically a much harder idea to accept and embrace for military institutions. However, a decade of conflict not clearly aligned to vital national interests combined with recent acts of selective conscientious objection by members of the military have led some to reappraise the situation and argue that selective conscientious objection ought to be legally recognised and permitted. Political, social and philosophical factors lie behind this new interest which together mean that the time is ripe for a fresh and thorough evaluation of the topic. This book brings together arguments for and against selective conscientious objection, as well as case studies examining how different countries deal with those who claim the status of selective conscientious objectors. As such, it sheds new light on a topic of increasing importance to those concerned with military ethics and public policy, within military institutions, government, and academia.

Author : Özgür Heval Çinar,Coskun Üsterci
Publisher : Zed Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2009-04-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1848132778

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Conscientious Objection by Özgür Heval Çinar,Coskun Üsterci Pdf

Refusing to take part in war is as old as war itself. This wide-ranging and original book brings together four different bodies of knowledge to examine the practice of conscientious objection: historical and philosophical analyses of conscientious objection as a critique of compulsory military service and militarization; feminist, LGBT and queer analyses of conscientious objection as a critique of patriarchy, sexism, and heterosexism; activist and academic analyses of conscientious objection as a social movement and individual act of resistance; legal analyses of the status of conscientious objection in international and national law. Conscientious objection is an increasingly important subject of academic and political debate in countries including the US, Israel and Turkey. This book provides a much needed introduction and tool for making sense of the history of nation-states in the 20th century and understanding the political developments of the early 21st century.

Author : Neal M. Wherry
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1950
Category : Conscientious objectors
ISBN : IND:30000088910306

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Conscientious Objection by Neal M. Wherry Pdf

Author : Mark Wicclair
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2024-04-08
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781009084222

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Conscientious Objection in Medicine by Mark Wicclair Pdf

The Element examines ethical and conceptual issues about conscientious objection in medicine. Concepts analyzed include conscientious objection, conscientious provision, conscience, moral complicity, and moral integrity. Several ongoing ethical controversies are identified and critically analyzed. One is a disagreement about whether conscientious objection is compatible with physicians' professional obligations. The Element argues that incompatibilists fail to offer a justifiable specification of professional obligations that supports their position. The Element also argues that a challenge for compatibilists who support a reason-giving requirement is to specify justifiable and unambiguous criteria for reviewing objectors' reasons. Arguments for and against requirements to inform and refer patients are critically analyzed, and an alternative, context-dependent requirement is offered. Another subject of controversy is about the justifiability of asymmetry between responses to conscientious objectors and conscientious providers. Typically, only the former receive accommodation. The Element critically examines arguments for asymmetry and maintains that none provides a convincing justification.

Author : Claude Proeschel,David Koussens,Francesco Piraino
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2021-03-31
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000372526

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Religion, Law and the Politics of Ethical Diversity by Claude Proeschel,David Koussens,Francesco Piraino Pdf

This book provides a multidisciplinary and comparative look at the contemporary phenomenon of conscientious objection or contestation in the name of religion and examines the key issues that emerge in terms of citizenship and democracy. These are analysed by looking at the different ways of challenging or contesting a legal obligation on the grounds of religious beliefs and convictions. The authors focus on the meaning of conscientious objection which asserts the legitimacy of convictions – in particular religious convictions – in determining the personal or collective relevance of the law and of public action. The book begins by examining the main theoretical issues underlying conscientious objection, exploring the implications of the protection of freedom of conscience, the place of religion in the secular public sphere and the recognition and respect of ethical pluralism in society. It then focuses on the question of exemptions and contestations of civil norms, using a multidisciplinary approach to highlight the multiple and diverse issues surrounding them, as well as the motives behind them. This book will be of great interest to scholars, specialists and graduate and advanced undergraduate students who are interested in issues of religious diversity. Researchers and policymakers in think-tanks, NGOs and government units will find the volume useful in identifying key issues in understanding the phenomenon of conscientious objection and its implications in managing ethical diversity in contemporary societies.

Author : Susanna Mancini,Michel Rosenfeld
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 515 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2018-07-05
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781107173309

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The Conscience Wars by Susanna Mancini,Michel Rosenfeld Pdf

Explores the multifaceted debate on the interconnection between conscientious objections, religious liberty, and the equality of women and sexual minorities.

Author : Wayne R. Ferren Jr.
Publisher : Archway Publishing
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2021-03-16
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781480897045

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Conscientious Objector by Wayne R. Ferren Jr. Pdf

What would you do if you were drafted to fight in a war? As a conscientious objector opposed to all wars, Wayne R. Ferren Jr. had to answer that question during the Vietnam War. He called on his religious and scientific backgrounds as well as his environmental activism to argue that he should be excluded from fighting in, or supporting this war. Following a successful defense of his claim, Wayne served two years of alternative civilian service, which influenced his professional and personal life for the next fifty years. Decades after his service, he was shocked to find his name on the Vietnam War Memorial, which turned out to be that of another young man with a similar name born the same year Wayne was born. That man died in 1968 when his plane was hit by artillery fire and crash landed at Khe Sanh Marine Combat Base. He will forever remain a teenage father killed in a senseless war. To this day, the duality haunts the author, and in this multifaceted memoir, he looks back at a lifetime and how his background, scientific training, and transcendentalism have guided him on a path of conscientious objection, service, and conservation, believing all things are sacred.

Author : John Adenitire
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2020-07-16
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781108478458

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A General Right to Conscientious Exemption by John Adenitire Pdf

A sustained argument that a general right to conscientious exemption should be equally available to religious and non-religious objectors alike.