{"id":4147,"date":"2013-03-15T07:14:02","date_gmt":"2013-03-15T14:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=4147"},"modified":"2023-01-28T15:12:36","modified_gmt":"2023-01-28T23:12:36","slug":"protecting-positive-claims-of-conscience-for-employees-of-religious-institutions-threatens-religious-liberty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=4147","title":{"rendered":"Protecting positive claims of conscience for employees of religious institutions threatens religious liberty"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Christopher O. Tollefsen<\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/amajethics-e1674423309493.jpg\" alt=\"American Medical Association Journal of Ethics\" class=\"wp-image-11169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/amajethics-e1674423309493.jpg 200w, https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/amajethics-e1674423309493-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 85vw, 200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">American Medical Association Journal of Ethics<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Extract<\/strong><br>An important good for doctors, nurses, and other health care professionals could be described as that of \u201cprofessional freedom.\u201d This is the good of being able to bring one\u2019s professional medical knowledge and one\u2019s commitments to the norms and values of the medical profession to bear on one\u2019s professional judgments and actions. This is, after all, one of the important aspects of being <i>in<\/i> a profession: professionals are not merely technicians performing the same routine tasks over and over, nor are they functionaries, blindly carrying out orders from above with little or no discretion on their part. . .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Tollefson C.  <a href=\"https:\/\/journalofethics.ama-assn.org\/article\/protecting-positive-claims-conscience-employees-religious-institutions-threatens-religious-liberty\/2013-03\">Protecting positive claims of conscience for employees of religious institutions threatens religious liberty.<\/a> Virtual Mentor. 2013;15(3):236-239. doi: 10.1001\/virtualmentor.2013.15.3.pfor2-1303.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Christopher O. Tollefsen ExtractAn important good for doctors, nurses, and other health care professionals could be described as that of \u201cprofessional freedom.\u201d This is the good of being able to bring one\u2019s professional medical knowledge and one\u2019s commitments to the norms and values of the medical profession to bear on one\u2019s professional judgments and actions. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=4147\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Protecting positive claims of conscience for employees of religious institutions threatens religious 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