Conscientious objection and the referral requirement as morally permissible moral mistakes

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dc.contributor.authorEmmerich, Nathan
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-31T03:53:36Z
dc.date.available2024-07-31T03:53:36Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.date.updated2024-05-19T08:16:10Z
dc.description.abstractSome contributions to the current literature on conscience objection in healthcare posit the notion that the requirement to refer patients to a non-objecting provider is a morally questionable undertaking in need of explanation. The issue is that providing a referral renders those who conscientiously object to being involved in a particular intervention complicit in its provision. This essay seeks to engage with such claims and argues that referrals can be construed in terms of what Harman calls morally permissible moral mistakes. I go on to suggest that one might frame the (in)actions of those who exercise the right of non-participation generated by the claim to conscientiously object in similar terms; they can also be considered morally permissible moral mistakes. Finally, and given that the arguments already advanced involve simultaneously looking at the same issue from competing ethical perspectives, I offer some brief remarks that support viewing conscientious objection as an ethicopolitical device.
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dc.identifier.issn0306-6800
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1885/733714346
dc.language.isoen_AUen_AU
dc.publisherBMJ Publishing Group
dc.rights© 2022 The authors
dc.sourceJournal of Medical Ethics
dc.titleConscientious objection and the referral requirement as morally permissible moral mistakes
dc.typeJournal article
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage195
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage189
local.contributor.affiliationEmmerich, Nathan, College of Health and Medicine, ANU
local.contributor.authoremailu1061062@anu.edu.au
local.contributor.authoruidEmmerich, Nathan, u1061062
local.description.embargo2099-12-31
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.identifier.absfor500106 - Medical ethics
local.identifier.absseo130301 - Bioethics
local.identifier.ariespublicationa383154xPUB27811
local.identifier.citationvolume49
local.identifier.doi10.1136/medethics-2021-107740
local.identifier.thomsonID000766725400001
local.identifier.uidSubmittedBya383154
local.publisher.urlhttps://jme.bmj.com/
local.type.statusPublished Version

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