In Defence of Forgetting Evil: A Reply to Pilkington on Conscientious Objection

AbstractIn a recent article for this journal, Bryan Pilkington (2019) makes a number of critical observations about one of our arguments for non-traditional medical conscientious objectors ’ duty to refer. Non-traditional conscientious objectors are those professionals who object to indirectly performing actions—like, say, referring to a physician who will perform an abortion. In our response here, we discuss his central objection and clarify our position on the role of value conf licts in non-traditional conscientious objection.
Source: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry - Category: Medical Ethics Source Type: research
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