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This book takes a step back, and asks whether the conscientious practice of individual healthcare practitioners is coherent and acceptable on its own. This book argues that the conscientious practice of individual healthcare practitioners is coherent and acceptable on its own, and describes how we move forward in light of the deep moral and professional disagreement that exists. The book explains the mistaken framing and in order to  articulate a better one, the author examines the debate and frames discussions in light of conscientious practice and conscience dissension. With this framing, the author discusses disagreement within healthcare professions, which  leads to the key confusion in much of the debate, which is subsequently clarified, and ultimately argued is not due to religious beliefs. Though many claim, to the contrary, that religious beliefs give rise to the situations that often call for discussions of conscientious objection, this book argues that differingaccounts of moral responsibility are at the root of this disagreement. The author takes up moral responsibility in Chapter 4, which leads to the needed – and importantly basic – discussion of what is going on when practical judgements are made in healthcare: the medical act. This book is of great interest to both (advanced undergraduate and) graduate students in philosophy and bioethics, as well as researchers and health care professionals.

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Bryan Pilkington is an Associate Professor at the Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine and the former Chair of the Student Professionalism Subcommittee. He is also Associate Professor in the School of Health and Medical Sciences, Adjunct Associate Professor in the College of Nursing, and Affiliated Faculty in the Department of Philosophy at Seton Hall University, and the former Chair of the SHMS Faculty Assembly. Prior to joi​​ning Seton Hall University and the Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, he taught ethics and bioethics at Fordham University, Aquinas College, and the University of Notre Dame.His  research focuses on questions in moral and political philosophy, in particular on the concept of dignity, and in bioethics, where he is especially interested in questions of conscience, moral responsibility, and the practices of the health professions. He lectures on practical ethical challenges in healthcare and regularly teaches courses in normative and applied ethics –in particular, bioethics – in which issues of conscience in healthcare are being discussed  He serves on the Editorial Boards of the Journal of Medicine and Philosophy, HealthCare Ethics Committee Forum, and Christian Bioethics, and he is Associate Editor of Professional Formation. He holds a position as Junior Scholar at the Paul Ramsey Institute, and is the  creator and moderator of the COVID Ethics Series and the COVID Ethics Series Podcast.

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