PHIL 333 Lecture 3: PHIL 333 - Conscientious Objection in Healthcare
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Conscientious objection in healthcare: when a health care practitioner first refuses to provide a legal service that falls within their competence, [see slide] Refusal is conscience-based if and only if (all three must be met to be considered conscious based): the agent has core moral beliefs (ethical or religious), providing the service is incompatible with their core moral beliefs. Have moral beliefs but if they aren"t compatible, the health care practitioner should not be allowed to refuse: the agent"s refusal is based on their core moral beliefs. Conceptual possibility that someone paid them to refuse. What are core moral beliefs: beliefs that matter to the agent, beliefs that are integral to the agent"s understanding of who they are, beliefs that represent the central moral core of their character. If you have no moral core, they could never refuse treatment or service for conscious based. Other reasons for refusal not conscience-based: self-interest - acquiring wealth.
