{"id":11046,"date":"2021-02-11T19:01:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-12T03:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=11046"},"modified":"2021-03-05T19:10:04","modified_gmt":"2021-03-06T03:10:04","slug":"how-should-a-liberal-democracy-react-to-conscientious-objection-claims-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=11046","title":{"rendered":"How should a liberal democracy react to conscientious objection claims"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Panel 4: Reacting to Conscience Claims in the Public Square<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Royal Irish Academy Symposium<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How should a liberal democracy react to conscientious objection claims\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SxoWD-EcyB4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Chair: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Mr Bryan Dobson, RT\u00c9<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Panellists: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Dr John Adentire, Queen Mary University of London<\/li><li>Professor Fiona de Londras, University of Birmingham<\/li><li>Senator Michael McDowell, Houses of the Oireachtas<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>How legislators and governments in liberal democracies should react to claims of conscience.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Royal Irish Academy: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ria.ie\/news\/humanities-and-social-sciences-committees-ethical-political-legal-and-philosophical-studies-4\">How should a liberal democracy react to conscientious objection claims<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Panel 4: Reacting to Conscience Claims in the Public Square Royal Irish Academy Symposium Chair: Mr Bryan Dobson, RT\u00c9 Panellists: Dr John Adentire, Queen Mary University of London Professor Fiona de Londras, University of Birmingham Senator Michael McDowell, Houses of the Oireachtas How legislators and governments in liberal democracies should react to claims of conscience. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=11046\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;How should a liberal democracy react to conscientious objection claims&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,559,741],"tags":[752,750,749,751],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-11046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-abortion","category-law","category-videos","tag-dignitarian-harm","tag-fiona-de-londras","tag-john-adentire","tag-michael-mcdowell"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - 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