Liberty of Conscience : Justification and Limits.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Baldwin, Guy.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (205 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2026.

Summary:

Presents a novel account of the conceptual foundations of liberty of conscience based on John Rawls's concept of moral personality.

Contents:

Cover

Half-title page

Title page

Imprint

Dedication

Acknowledgements

Contents

Table of Cases

Table of Legislation

1. Introduction

I. The Book's Argument

II. The Meaning of Liberty of Conscience

A. Hohfeldian Description of the Right to Liberty of Conscience

B. The Nature of Conscientious Belief

C. Liberty of Conscience Distinguished from Non-Discrimination

III. Protection of Liberty of Conscience in UK and US Law

IV. Methods

2. The Rationale of Liberty of Conscience

I. Possible Arguments for Liberty of Conscience

II. A Moral-Personality-Based Account of Liberty of Conscience

A. Rawls and Moral Personality

B. Moral Personality and Recognition Respect

C. Possible Issues with Moral Personality

III. Some Possible Objections to the Protection of Liberty of Conscience

A. Conscientious Belief as a Choice?

B. Protecting Manifestations of Conscientious Belief?

C. Conscientious Belief as Potentially 'Intolerant'?

IV. Conclusion

3. The Limits of Liberty of Conscience

I. Non-Negligible Burden on Liberty of Conscience

II. Compatibility with the Basic Liberties of Others

A. The Nature of Compatibility with the Basic Liberties of Others

B. Assessing Compatibility with the Basic Liberties of Others

III. Necessity in the Common Interest

A. The Nature of Necessity in the Common Interest

B. Assessing Necessity in the Common Interest

4. Liberty of Conscience and Neutrality

I. Disambiguating Neutrality

II. Neutrality as Non-Establishment

III. Neutrality as No Purpose to Limit Exercise

5. Coronavirus Pandemic

I. A Basic Liberty of Integrity of the Person

II. Key Case Law

A. US Case Law

B. UK Case Law

III. Compatibility Analysis

IV. Necessity Analysis

V. Conclusion.

6. Discrimination towards Same-Sex Couples

I. A Basic Liberty of Non-Discrimination

A. Nature and Unfairness of Discrimination

B. Non-Discrimination as Required by Recognition Respect for Moral Personality

C. Other Approaches to Non-Discrimination

V. Conclusion

7. Conclusion

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

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ISBN:

9781509985296

OCLC:

1600525655