학술논문

In Defence of Forgetting Evil: A Reply to Pilkington on Conscientious Objection.
Document Type
Article
Source
Journal of Bioethical Inquiry. Mar2021, Vol. 18 Issue 1, p189-191. 3p.
Subject
*PROFESSIONS
*CONSCIENCE
*AUTONOMY (Psychology)
*BIOETHICS
Language
ISSN
1176-7529
Abstract
In 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 conflicts in non-traditional conscientious objection. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]