Religion, Law and the Politics of Ethical Diversity

Claude Proeschel is Lecturer at the Université de Lorraine, France. She has been a member of the GSRL (Groupe Sociétés, Religions, Laïcités – EPHE-PSL-CNRS) since 2002.David Koussens is Associate Professor in the Faculty of Law at the Universite de Sherbrooke, Canada, where he holds the Research Chair in Law, Religion and Secularism.Francesco Piraino is Postdoctoral Scholar at Ca’ Foscari University – Venice, Italy. He is the Director for the Centre of Comparative Studies on Spiritualties and Civilizations at the Giorgio Cini Foundation in Venice, Italy.

• Introduction. Contesting in the Name of Religion? Part I. Theoretical Issues 1. Protecting Freedom of Conscience in a Constitutional State 2. Contesting Philosophical Secularism: The Case for Pluralist Secularism 3. Are there Consequentialist Grounds for Exempting Religious Health-Care Professionals from Medical Assistance in Dying? Part II. Spaces of Contestation 4. Freedom of Conscience in Private Companies: An Economic or a Political Problem? 5. Should Conscience Clauses in Belgian Health Care be Institutionalised? 6. Advocating in Ecology through Meditation: A Case Study on the Swiss "Inner Transition" Network 7. "We Don’t Wanna Be Outlaws’’: Hasidic Jews and their Allies Contest Municipal Bylaws in a Montreal Neighbourhood Part III. The Rhetoric of Contestation 8. Secular and Religious Reasons for Conscientious Objection: The Case of Medical Assistance in Dying 9. The Impossibility of Contesting in the Name of Religion? Comparative Perspective on Assistance in Dying in Quebec (Canada) and the Canton of Vaud (Switzerland) 10. The Politicisation of French Catholics on Intimate Issues Through the Promotion of Lay Expertise: A Case Study Based on the Emmanuel Community’s Magazine Il est vivant! (1975-2018)

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