{"id":13446,"date":"2016-04-22T16:59:00","date_gmt":"2016-04-22T23:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=13446"},"modified":"2023-01-25T21:01:57","modified_gmt":"2023-01-26T05:01:57","slug":"why-medical-professionals-have-no-moral-claim-to-conscientious-objection-accommodation-in-liberal-democracies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=13446","title":{"rendered":"Why medical professionals have no moral claim to conscientious objection accommodation in liberal democracies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Udo Schuklenk, Ricardo Smalling<\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"172\" height=\"230\" src=\"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/jmedicalethics.jpg\" alt=\"Journal of Medical Ethics\" class=\"wp-image-11057\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Journal of Medical Ethics<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Abstract<\/strong><br>We describe a number of conscientious objection cases in a liberal Western democracy. These cases strongly suggest that the typical conscientious objector does not object to unreasonable, controversial professional services\u2014involving torture, for instance\u2014but to the provision of professional services that are both uncontroversially legal and that patients are entitled to receive. We analyse the conflict between these patients\u2019 access rights and the conscientious objection accommodation demanded by monopoly providers of such healthcare services. It is implausible that professionals who voluntarily join a profession should be endowed with a legal claim not to provide services that are within the scope of the profession\u2019s practice and that society expects them to provide. We discuss common counterarguments to this view and reject all of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Schuklenk U, Smalling R. <a href=\"http:\/\/jme.bmj.com\/lookup\/doi\/10.1136\/medethics-2016-103560\">Why medical professionals have no moral claim to conscientious objection accommodation in liberal democracies<\/a>. J Med Ethics. 2016 Apr 22; 43(4) (online)(1-7.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Udo Schuklenk, Ricardo Smalling AbstractWe describe a number of conscientious objection cases in a liberal Western democracy. These cases strongly suggest that the typical conscientious objector does not object to unreasonable, controversial professional services\u2014involving torture, for instance\u2014but to the provision of professional services that are both uncontroversially legal and that patients are entitled to receive. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=13446\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Why medical professionals have no moral claim to conscientious objection accommodation in liberal 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