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Faithfully Negligent: Religious Implications For Criminal Negligence Cases, Supreet Kaur Bath
Faithfully Negligent: Religious Implications For Criminal Negligence Cases, Supreet Kaur Bath
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Do the actions of parents in withholding medical treatment from their children due to religious influence show wanton or reckless disregard for the safety and lives of their children? This project investigates the morally and legally complicated issue of the influence of religious beliefs in criminal negligence cases. My MRP is animated by the idea that similar cases in the past have been treated with leniency and ought to be given stricter punishments.
I focus in particular on cases in which parents opt for alternative remedies or faith healing for ill children in ignorance or defiance of available medical treatments. …