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Compromise Or Quit Medical Practice: Is There Another Option For Catholic Health Care Professionals, John Morris
Compromise Or Quit Medical Practice: Is There Another Option For Catholic Health Care Professionals, John Morris
Conference on Philosophy and Theology
More and more, medical practitioners are being told that they must either compromise their beliefs and provide whatever services patients demand or they should quit medical practice. This paper will explore other options that would offer a more just and respectful solution for our pluralistic society.
Accommodation As Compromise: Turning Hard Cases Into Easier Ones, Chad Flanders
Accommodation As Compromise: Turning Hard Cases Into Easier Ones, Chad Flanders
Conference on Philosophy and Theology
Recent developments seem to present a stark choice: either we protect religious liberty or we allow discrimination. But do we have to choose? In this talk, Chad Flanders tries to present a way out of current conflicts between religious liberty and laws against discrimination.
Religious Liberty Laws, Religious Practices, And Discrimination, Jeffrey Freelin
Religious Liberty Laws, Religious Practices, And Discrimination, Jeffrey Freelin
Conference on Philosophy and Theology
A set of clarificatory questions I wish to address are: What qualifies as a religious belief? Can corporations have such beliefs? What qualifies a practice as a religious practice? What religious practices are/should be protected by RFRA laws?
Liberty In Things Doubtful Or Indifferent: Sources And Expressions Of Anglican Toleration In The American Colonies, Marshall Crossnoe
Liberty In Things Doubtful Or Indifferent: Sources And Expressions Of Anglican Toleration In The American Colonies, Marshall Crossnoe
Conference on Philosophy and Theology
Richard Hooker and John Locke were important sources for the thought and public lives of Anglican leaders in the North American colonies. A conviction about religious freedom of conscience during the first half of the eighteenth century constitutes a range of thinking about toleration that contributed to the birth of the republic.