Contemporary Challenges to Conscience : Legal and ethical frameworks for professional conduct. Ad fontes / Schriften zur Philosophie; Band 14.

Stepkowski, Aleksander (Ed.):

ISBN 10: 3631775555 / ISBN 13: 9783631775554

Published by Berlin ; Bern ; Wien : Peter Lang [2019]., 2019

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294 Seiten ; 22 cm, Tadellose, neuwertiges Exemplar. - This book is a Collection of studies addressing the complex and sensitive issue of conscientious objection. It has become particularly controversial, especially in relation to Professional conduct in healthcare Services. Due to the development of public health insurance, the moral dilemmas faced by physicians have also become a political issue with significant legal conse-quences. The book provides an in-depth analysis of this complex issue from a multidisciplinary perspective, including philosophical, political, legal and medical points of view. It also presents the experiences of a number of medical and legal Professionals in this field. Contents: Introduction - Aleksander Stepkowki Contemporary Challenges to Conscience and Their Specificity 9 Part I: General Perspective Aleksander Stepkowki Contemporary Conscience-Related Controversies Against Philosophical Background 19 David F. Forte Conscience and Republican Government 29 David Thunder The Place of Conscience-Based Exemptions in the Struggle Against Injustice 41 Jakob Cornides Freedom of Conscience - A Basic Human Right? 57 Jakub Pawlikowski Conscientious Objection and the Goals of Medicine 65 Part II: European Perspective Gregor Puppinck & Claire de La Hougue Freedom of Conscience and Conscientious Objection in the Medical Area . 85 Roger Kiska & Robert Clarke Conscientious Objection for Medical Practitioners in European Human Rights Law 111 Michal Skwarzyhski Impact of the ECHR Case Law on the Use of Conscientious Objection in Poland Part III: National Perspectives William L. Saunders Threats to Conscience Protection in the United States Düring the Years of the Obama Administration Danuta Branska Conscience Clause of Pharmacists and Other Pharmacy Staff Part IV: Courtroom Perspective Konstanty Radziwill Medical Doctor s Right to Act According to His/Her Conscience Constitutional Tribunal of the Republic of Poland Judgement Kl2/14 of 7th October 2015 Dorinda C. Bordley & Nikolas T. Nikas Conscience and Science: Why a Conscientious Objection to Forced Prescription or Dispensation of Abortifacient Drugs Is Reasonable Dorinda C. Bordley & Nikolas T. Nikas Brief Amicus Curiae to ÜS Supreme Court Case Stormans Inc v. John Wiesman Annex: National Laws in EU Member States on Freedom of Conscience and Conscientious Objection Bibliography ISBN 9783631775554 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 475.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Contemporary Challenges to Conscience : Legal and ethical frameworks for professional conduct. Ad fontes / Schriften zur Philosophie; Band 14.
• Publisher: Berlin ; Bern ; Wien : Peter Lang [2019].
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3631775555
• ISBN 13: 9783631775554
• Binding: Festeinband
• Condition: Sehr gut
• Weight: 475 grams
• Seller catalogs:
  • Philosophie

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Synopsis

This book is a collection of studies addressing the complex and sensitive issue of conscientious objection. It has become utmost controversial, especially in relation to professional conduct in healthcare service. Moral dilemmas of physicians, being always a part of human existence, due to the development of public health insurance, became also a political issue with legal consequences. The book provides an in-depth analysis of this complex issue from a multidisciplinary perspective, including philosophical, political, legal and medical aspects. It also presents various experiences of different medical and legal professionals in this field.

About the Author

Aleksander Stępkowski is a professor of law and the Head of the Chair of the Sociology of Law at the University of Warsaw, holding PhD and habilitation in legal science. His research concentrates on private and public comparative law as well as interrelations between philosophy, society and the legal culture.