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Conscience and conscientious objections /
In Western countries conscientious objection is usually accommodated in various ways, at least in certain areas (military conscription, medicine) and to some extent. They appear to be regarded as fundamentally different from other kinds of objection. But why? This study argues that conscientious obj...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam :
Pallas Publications,
©2007.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | In Western countries conscientious objection is usually accommodated in various ways, at least in certain areas (military conscription, medicine) and to some extent. They appear to be regarded as fundamentally different from other kinds of objection. But why? This study argues that conscientious objection cannot be understood as long as conscience is misunderstood. The author provides a new interpretation of the historical development of expressions of conscience and thought on the subject, and offers a new approach to conscientious objection rooted in the symbol-approach to conscience.-- Publisher's description. |
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| Notas: | Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 2007. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (638 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9781429472623 1429472626 9085553911 9789085553915 904850208X 9789048502080 1281191256 9781281191250 9786611191252 6611191259 |