Drawing on extensive primary sources Kramer describes the inter-war peace movement that gave birth to many conscientious objectors Military History Monthly . Even today most histories of the world wars focus on those who fought. Those who refused to do so are often... Lees meer.
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 nove... Lees meer.
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Facebook s timeline Google s search engine Amazon s Alexa. much of our everyday technology contains artificial intelligence AI . Vacuum-cleaning and lawn-mowing robots ease household chores. Chatbots conduct therapy sessions and algorithms assist doctors with medic... Lees meer.
This book analyzes the potential inductee s claim of selective conscientious objection in order to determine whether it can be legally justified by drawing on a variety of disciplines in order to illuminate the considerations which may affect any change in the present... Lees meer.
Differentiation is a goal for teachers who believe in meeting every child s needs through responsive teaching. Gifted talented and exceptionally conscientious adolescents GTECs have needs very different from those of other students - as well as from one another. In... Lees meer.
The central focus of this edited collection is on the ever-growing practice in liberal states to claim exemption from legal duties on the basis of a conscientious objection. Traditional claims have included objections to compulsory military draft and to the provision... Lees meer.
These are the letters of 20 year old Len Jones to his mentor and would-be partner Mona Lovell. The letters begin with his principled stand as a conscientious objector and describe life in forestry and other occupations during the Second World War. Like a number of COs... Lees meer.
This book provides a socio-legal analysis of the right to conscientious objection in Turkey. It empirically investigates the experiences of antimilitarists with law with a particular focus on the socio-cultural elements behind the non-recognition of the right to consci... Lees meer.
Catholic pacifists blame the just war tradition of their Church. That tradition they say can be invoked to justify any war and so it must be jettisoned. This book argues that the problem is not the just war tradition but the unjust war tradition. Ambitious rulers st... Lees meer.
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... Lees meer.