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Table of contents
1. The concept of conscientious objection - 2. Ontological precedence of the ethical category - 3. Very brief historical background - 4. The difficulties inherent in the concept - 5. The limits - 6. From ethics to law - 7. To revive rather than to conclude. Conscientious objection: a permanent ethical challenge for a culture of non-violent and reconciled cohabitation
Abstract
The paper analyses the concept of conscientious objection as a possible means of resolving conflicts that may arise in a pluralistic society when faced with criminal intervention in ethically sensitive areas.
Keywords
Religious freedom; conscientious objection; an instrument of non-violent cohabitation
