Czym jest sumienie a czym być powinna klauzula sumienia

• Authors: Nowacka Maria , Kopania Jerzy

Title variants

EN

WHAT CONSCIENCE IS AND WHAT THE CONSCIENCE CLAUSE SHOULD BE

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

The conscience clause is a legislative provision granting a person the right to refuse to perform an activity which is in agreement with legal regulations but in disagreement with a person’s conscience. Conscience is understood as knowing what is good and what is bad with the urge to do what is good. It is argued in this article that the conscience clause in fact refers not to conscience in its proper sense but to the set of moral convictions held by an individual and felt to be in agreement with his/her conscience. As a result, the so-called conscience clause in fact obscures the authentic voice of conscience. This article proposes a limited understanding of the legal concept of the conscience clause as a provision which overtly refers to the moral convictions held by an individual.

Keywords

EN

CONSCIENCE; CONSCIENCE CLAUSE; MORAL CONVICTIONS

• Publisher: Polska Akademia Umiejętności / Uniwersytet Jagielloński
• Journal: Kwartalnik Filozoficzny
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 42
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 63-79

Contributors

author

Nowacka Maria

• Uniwersytet w Białymstoku, Wydział Filologiczny, Katedra Bioetyki i Antropologii Filozoficznej, Pl. Uniwersytecki 1, 15-420 Białystok, Poland

author

Kopania Jerzy