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Author Oderberg, David S

Title Opting Out : Conscience and Cooperation in a Pluralistic Society
Published London : London Publishing Partnership, 2018

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Description 1 online resource (155 pages)
Contents Intro; here; _GoBack; The author; Acknowledgements; Summary; 1 Introduction; Brief background to this book; Overview of topics covered; 2 The attack on freedom of conscience; The Obamacare mandate; The UK midwives; Canadian euthanasia; The EU versus conscience; Weddings, adoptions, holidays, operations; 3 The state of the law: unclear and inadequate; UK: freedom of conscience needs a microscope; The law is a mess; Participation is not enough; 4 Law needs philosophy: ethical principles of cooperation; How might you act wrongly? Let me count the ways; Types of cooperation; Dispensability
ProximityBalancing goods and bads; Should you sign? It depends; 5 Application to contested cases; Hobby Lobby: what it got right, what it got wrong; Zubik v. Burwell: an opt-out or a trigger?; Doogan and Wood cannot stand; Equality Acts and regulations: a charter for inequality; 6 Freedom of conscience: how far can it go?; Pluralism to the rescue?; Freedom of dissociation; When monopoly is coercion; The Satanist nurse; Sex and race; What kind of society?; 7 Policy guidelines: time for parliaments and courts to take notice; How to take freedom of conscience seriously without harming others
Does the UK need a Religious Freedom Restoration Act?General statutory guidelines; The role of case law; Sincerity is not enough; Conclusion; References; About the IEA; Blank Page
Notes Print version record
Subject Liberty of conscience.
Freedom of religion.
Cultural pluralism -- Religious aspects.
Legal polycentricity.
Law -- Mobility.
Law -- Mobility
Cultural pluralism -- Religious aspects
Freedom of religion
Legal polycentricity
Liberty of conscience
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780255367622
0255367627