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Religion, Law and the Politics of Ethical Diversity: Conscientious Objection and Contestation of Civil Norms book cover

1st Edition

Religion, Law and the Politics of Ethical Diversity Conscientious Objection and Contestation of Civil Norms

Edited By Claude Proeschel, David Koussens, Francesco Piraino Copyright 2021
208 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

208 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

208 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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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. These are analysed by looking at the different ways of challenging or contesting a legal obligation on the grounds of religious beliefs and convictions. The... Read more

Introduction. Contesting in the Name of Religion?

Claude Proeschel and David Koussens

Part I. Theoretical Issues

1. Protecting Freedom of Conscience in a Constitutional State

Pierluigi Chiassoni

2. Contesting Philosophical Secularism: The Case for Pluralist Secularism

Ravza Altuntas-Çakır

3. Are there Consequentialist Grounds for Exempting Religious Health-Care Professionals from Medical Assistance in Dying?

Daniel Weinstock

Part II. Spaces of Contestation

4. Freedom of Conscience in Private Companies: An Economic or a Political Problem?

Vincent Valentin

5. Should Conscience Clauses in Belgian Health Care be Institutionalised?

Xavier Delgrange and Hélène Lerouxel

6. Advocating in Ecology through Meditation: A Case Study on the Swiss "Inner Transition" Network

Christophe Monnot and Alexandre Grandjean

7. "We Don’t Wanna Be Outlaws’’: Hasidic Jews and their Allies Contest Municipal Bylaws in a Montreal Neighbourhood

Valentina Gaddi

Part III. The Rhetoric of Contestation

8. Secular and Religious Reasons for Conscientious Objection: The Case of Medical Assistance in Dying

Isabelle Dumont and Jocelyn Maclure

9. The Impossibility of Contesting in the Name of Religion? Comparative Perspective on Assistance in Dying in Quebec (Canada) and the Canton of Vaud (Switzerland)

Samuel Blouin

10. The Politicisation of French Catholics on Intimate Issues Through the Promotion of Lay Expertise: A Case Study Based on the Emmanuel Community’s Magazine Il est vivant! (1975-2018)

Samuel Dolbeau

Biography

Claude Proeschel is Lecturer at the Université de Lorraine, France. She has been a member of the GSRL (Groupe Sociétés, Religions, Laïcités – EPHE-PSL-CNRS) since 2002.

David Koussens is Associate Professor in the Faculty of Law at the Universite de Sherbrooke, Canada, where he holds the Research Chair in Law, Religion and Secularism.

Francesco Piraino is Postdoctoral Scholar at Ca’ Foscari University – Venice, Italy. He is the Director for the Centre of Comparative Studies on Spiritualties and Civilizations at the Giorgio Cini Foundation in Venice, Italy.

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