Mag een ambtenaar op gewetensgronden weigeren een bepaalde taak uit te voeren. Mag een arts weigeren een bepaalde behandeling te geven omdat hij die niet met zijn geweten kan verenigen. Moet er in wetgeving bijzondere ruimte voor gewetensbezwaren worden gemaakt. Is... 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.

This book first published in 1982 is a systematic and detached analysis of the 60 000 British conscientious objectors in the Second World War forming an examination of the relationship between the individual and the State in time of war. This book first publishe... Lees meer.

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... Lees meer.

International human rights law grants individuals both rights and responsibilities. Understanding that rights and duties are not mutually exclusive but complementary this study analyses the right to conscientious objection and the duties of individuals under internatio... Lees meer.

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. This book provides a multidis... Lees meer.

This book first published in 1982 is a systematic and detached analysis of the 60 000 British conscientious objectors in the Second World War forming an examination of the relationship between the individual and the State in time of war. It sets out to show how the B... Lees meer.

This study examines Turkey s non-recognition of the right to conscientious objection to military service and locates this non-recognition within the context of international human rights law - specifically United Nations and European Union system. This study examines... Lees meer.

This book examines the right to conscientious objection in international human rights law. It begins with an exploration of the concept of conscience and its evolution. Ozgur Heval o inar analyzes human rights law at both the international and regional level considerin... 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.

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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.

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The book provides a detailed introduction to a major debate in bioethics as well as a rigorous account of the role of conscience in professional decision-making. Exploring the role of conscience in healthcare practice this book offers fresh counterpoints to recent cal... Lees meer.