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A General Legal Right to Conscientious Exemption: Beyond Religious Privilege
10.17863/CAM.39265
Adenitire, John
Feldman, David
The thesis shows that there is a general legal right to exemption for conscientious objectors in the US, Canada and UK. It shows that it is a limited right: exemptions may be lawfully denied to protect the rights of others or important public interests. The thesis then investigates whether such a legal right is exclusively reserved for religious believers. The thesis shows that it is not: it is available to those that object on the basis of conscience, irrespective of whether their conscience is motivated by religious or non-religious beliefs. The thesis concludes by defending the existence of this general right by appealing to liberal values.
University of Cambridge
2019-02-06
Thesis
Doctoral
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
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AHRC DTP
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conscience
religion
human right
discrimination
conscientious objection
conscientious exemption
law