Opting Out : Conscience and Cooperation in a Pluralistic Society.
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London Publishing Partnership,
2018.
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Table of 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.