{"id":13472,"date":"2018-10-15T17:07:00","date_gmt":"2018-10-16T00:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=13472"},"modified":"2023-01-25T16:26:02","modified_gmt":"2023-01-26T00:26:02","slug":"the-challenges-of-conscience-in-a-world-of-compromise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=13472","title":{"rendered":"The Challenges of Conscience in a World of Compromise"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Amy J. Sepinwall<\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"153\" height=\"230\" src=\"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/book-knight-nomosLIX.jpg\" alt=\"Nomos LIX:Compromise\" class=\"wp-image-15323\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Nomos LIX:Compromise<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Abstract<\/strong><br>The process of crafting and passing legislation might be thought to be the locus of compromise par excellence.1 Yet, where the law that results impinges upon moral or religious belief or practice, the issue of compromise arises anew, in both senses of the word: Individuals who oppose the law on moral or religious grounds believe that their political obedience will compromise them in a fundamental way. Their plea for an exemption from the objectionable legal requirement is, then, a bid for further compromise.2 Compromise in the first sense concerns an undercutting of the self, while compromise in the second sense involves a grant of concessions. Yet, unlike compromises that arise in the legislative process, or at least in some ideal version of it,3 the compromise involved in an exemption from a neutral law of general application involves neither an exchange of benefits nor the prospect of mutual benefit-two hallmarks of compromise in, say, political (and other) negotiations.4 There are several reasons to doubt the wisdom or fairness of the requested exemptions, then.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Sepinwall AJ. <a href=\"https:\/\/repository.upenn.edu\/lgst_papers\/75\/\">The Challenges of Conscience in a World of Compromise<\/a>. In: Knight J, editor.  Nomos LIX: Compromise. New York:NYU Press, 2018.  pp. 220-247. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amy J. Sepinwall AbstractThe process of crafting and passing legislation might be thought to be the locus of compromise par excellence.1 Yet, where the law that results impinges upon moral or religious belief or practice, the issue of compromise arises anew, in both senses of the word: Individuals who oppose the law on moral or &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=13472\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Challenges of Conscience in a World of Compromise&#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":[1282,554,559,659],"tags":[1556],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-13472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book-chapters","category-ethics","category-law","category-philosophy","tag-amy-j-sepinwall"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This 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