Conscience and the common good

Conscience and the common good: reclaiming the space between person and state

by Vischer, Robert K.

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Our society's longstanding commitment to the liberty of conscience has become strained by our increasingly muddled understanding of what conscience is and why we value it. Too often we equate conscience with individual autonomy, and so we reflexively favor the individual in any contest against group authority, losing sight of the fact that a vibrant liberty of conscience requires a vibrant marketplace of morally distinct groups. Defending individual autonomy is not the same as defending the lib…

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Conscience and the common good : reclaiming the space between person and state / Robert K. Vischer.

Summary

Our society's longstanding commitment to the liberty of conscience has become strained by our increasingly muddled understanding of what conscience is and why we value it. Too often we equate conscience with individual autonomy, and so we reflexively favor the individual in any contest against group authority, losing sight of the fact that a vibrant liberty of conscience requires a vibrant marketplace of morally distinct groups. Defending individual autonomy is not the same as defending the liberty of conscience because, although conscience is inescapably personal, it is also inescapably relational. Conscience is formed, articulated, and lived out through relationships, and its viability depends on the law's willingness to protect the associations and venues through which individual consciences can flourish: these are the myriad institutions that make up the space between the person and the state. Conscience and the Common Good reframes the debate about conscience by bringing its relational dimension into focus.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2010.

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The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (x, 316 pages)

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9780511729003, 0511729006, 9780511725708, 0511725701, 9780511804267, 0511804261, 9780511730443, 0511730446, 9780511725265, 0511725264, 1107202930, 9781107202931, 0511846797, 9780511846793, 9786612585869, 6612585862, 0511728050, 9780511728051, 0511724292, 9780511724299, 0511727100, 9780511727108
  • oclc:ocn667103572
  • LC Classification:BV741
  • Dewey Decimal:323.44/20973

Table of Contents

Introduction -- pt. I. The Relational Dimension of Conscience: 1. Conscience in law -- 2. Conscience and the person -- 3. Conscience's claims -- 4. Conscience and the common good -- pt. II. Implications -- 5. Voluntary associations -- 6. Pharmacies -- 7. Corporations -- 8. Schools -- 9. Families -- 10. The legal profession -- Conclusion.

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Subjects

Gewissensfreiheit Liberté de conscience -- États-Unis Liberty of conscience Liberty of conscience -- United States POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom … Sozialethik United States USA

Writers

Vischer, Robert K.

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