{"id":7032,"date":"2016-10-03T18:07:37","date_gmt":"2016-10-04T01:07:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7032"},"modified":"2023-01-22T15:45:46","modified_gmt":"2023-01-22T23:45:46","slug":"further-clarity-on-cooperation-and-morality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7032","title":{"rendered":"Further clarity on cooperation and morality"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">David S. Oderberg<\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large\"><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 class=\"bibliography\"><strong>Abstract<\/strong><br> I explore the increasingly important issue of cooperation in immoral actions, particularly in connection with healthcare. Conscientious objection, especially as pertains to religious freedom in healthcare, has become a pressing issue in the light of the US Supreme Court judgement in <em>Hobby Lobby<\/em>. Section \u2018Moral evaluation using the basic principles of cooperation\u2019 outlines a theory of cooperation inspired by Catholic moral theologians such as those cited by the court. The theory has independent plausibility and is at least worthy of serious consideration\u2014in part because it is an instance of double-effect reasoning, which is also independently plausible despite its association with moral theology. Section \u2018Case study: <em>Burwell v. Hobby Lobby<\/em>\u2019 examines <em> Hobby Lobby<\/em> in detail. Even if the judgement was correct in that case the reasoning was not, as it involved applying a \u2018mere sincerity\u2019 test to the cooperation question. The mere sincerity test leads to absurd consequences, whereas a reasonableness test applied using the theory of cooperation defended here would avoid absurdity. Section \u2018A question of remoteness: \u201caccommodations\u201d and opt-outs\u2019 explores the post-<em>Hobby Lobby<\/em> problem further, examining opt-outs and accommodations: the <em>Little Sisters of the Poor<\/em> case shows how opt-outs are misunderstood on a mere sincerity test, which the court rightly rejected. Section &#8216;Application to the medical field: <em>Doogan and Wood<\/em>\u2019 discusses the UK case of <em> Doogan and Wood<\/em>, concerning participation in abortion. Again, a judicially recognised ethic of cooperation, if it were part of the fabric of legal reasoning in such cases, would have enabled the conscientious objectors in this and similar situations to have their freedom of conscience and religion respected in a way that it currently is not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oderberg DS, <a href=\"http:\/\/jme.bmj.com\/content\/early\/2016\/10\/03\/medethics-2016-103476.full\">Further clarity on cooperation and morality.<\/a>&nbsp; J Med Ethics doi:10.1136\/medethics-2016-103476<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>David S. Oderberg Abstract I explore the increasingly important issue of cooperation in immoral actions, particularly in connection with healthcare. Conscientious objection, especially as pertains to religious freedom in healthcare, has become a pressing issue in the light of the US Supreme Court judgement in Hobby Lobby. 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