The Practice and Philosophy of Selective Conscientious Objection

Whetham, David; Ellner, Andrea; Robinson, Paul

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“…However, it does lead to quite a paradoxical result: pacifist positions in a strict sense, that is, ones that teach that no one should ever use force, even in self‐defense or to prevent the use of force, are not philosophically credible (McMahan 2010). Therefore, some scholars have challenged the legitimacy of the selective exclusion of conscientious objection in the case of conscripts in recent years and have even called for the possibility of invoking conscientious objection in the case of professional soldiers who consider a given war unjust (Ellner, Robinson, and Whetham 2014; May 2012).…”

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Conscientious Objection in Healthcare: The Requirement of Justification, the Moral Threshold, and Military Refusals

Żuradzki

2023

Journal of Religious Ethics

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A dogma accepted in many ethical, religious, and legal frameworks is that the reasons behind conscientious objection (CO) in healthcare cannot be evaluated or judged by any institution because conscience is individual and autonomous. This paper shows that this background view is mistaken: the requirement to reveal and explain the reasons for conscientious objection in healthcare is ethically justified and legally desirable. Referring to real healthcare cases and legal regulations, this paper argues that these reasons should be evaluated either ex ante or ex post and defends novel conceptual claims that have not been analyzed in the debates on CO. First, a moral threshold requirement: CO is only justified if the reasons behind a refusal are of a moral nature and meet a certain threshold of moral importance. Second, this paper considers the rarely discussed conceptual similarities between CO in healthcare and the legal regulations concerning military refusals that place the burden of proof on conscientious objectors. This paper concludes that conscientious objection in healthcare can be accommodated only in some cases of destroying or killing human organisms.

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Section: Conscientious Objection In the Case Of Conscripts And Profes...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Conscientious Objection in Healthcare: The Requirement of Justification, the Moral Threshold, and Military Refusals

Żuradzki

2023

Journal of Religious Ethics

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The Practice and Philosophy of Selective Conscientious Objection

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Conscientious Objection in Healthcare: The Requirement of Justification, the Moral Threshold, and Military Refusals

Conscientious Objection in Healthcare: The Requirement of Justification, the Moral Threshold, and Military Refusals

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