Samvete i Sverige : Om frihet och lydnad från medeltiden till idag / Linde Lindkvist, Johannes Ljungberg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lindkvist, Linde, 1985- author.

Ljungberg, Johannes, author.

Series:

Nordic Academic Press checkpoint.

Nordic Academic Press checkpoint

Language:

English

Swedish

Subjects (All):

Liberty of conscience.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (278 pages)

Other Title:

Samvete i Sverige

Place of Publication:

Gothenburg Kriterium 2021

Lund : Kriterium, 2021.

Language Note:

Swedish

Summary:

In recent years, ideas of conscience and the liberty of conscience have become ever more salient in public discourse. Historically, these concepts have been used to mark out a certain scope of freedom and protection in moral, political and legal conflicts. In our time, individual conscience is frequently used to legitimate objections to, for instance, military service and medical interventions like abortion and vaccination. So too in Sweden – a country widely described as one of the most modern and secularized societies in the world. In this volume, a group of researchers in history, human rights, law, ethics and sociology of religion address some of the most central issues around conscience and the liberty of conscience in Sweden from the middle ages to the present. By situating conscience and liberty in wider intellectual, social and political settings, the essays provide alternative ways of thinking about the most intractable problems surrounding these concepts – the relationship between law and morality, the tension between individual and collective freedom, as well as the role of religion in public affairs. This volume will create new avenues of research for scholars and students interested in challenges related to conscience and liberty: both those in ethics, politics and law seeking a historical perspective, and those in history who want to tie their studies to the present.

Contents:

Lydnadsplikt och samvetsfrihet i medeltida biktlitteratur

"Them Samwetzqualdom til Tröst" : Erik Mattsson och samvetets kunskapshistoria i det tidiga 1600-talets Sverige

Det respekterade samvetet och den riskabla samvetsfriheten : perspektiv från det tidiga 1700-talets riksdagsdebatter och statliga utredningar

"Samvetsfrihet för landets bästa" : Georg Sillén, Osmanska riket och folkrättens samvete i 1700-talets början

Konungen "bör ingens samvete tvinga eller tvinga låta" : kampen för samvets- och religionsfrihet under 1800-talet

Samvetsömma värnpliktiga och frågan om samvetsfrihetens gränser : n̊agra exempel från perioden 1898-1902

Samvetsfrihet som en mänsklig rättighet : ett försenat svar till Carl-Gustaf Andrén

Rätten till samvetsfrihet : ett rättsvetenskapligt perspektiv med exempel från vården

"Ska vi ha samvetsfrihet i Sverige?" : samvetsfrihet som en medialiserad konflikt

Samvetet som förmågan att vara människa : teologiska och filosofiska aspekter

Vad ropar Roger Williams till vår tid? : en personlig betraktelse.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on: online resource; title from PDF information screen (JSTOR, viewed September 10, 2022).

ISBN:

91-88909-69-7

91-88909-70-0