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Conscientious Objection and Equality Laws: Why the Content of the Conscience Matters (2019)
Journal Article
Nehushtan, Y. (2019). Conscientious Objection and Equality Laws: Why the Content of the Conscience Matters. Law and Philosophy, 227-266. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10982-019-09347-5

By enacting equality laws the liberal state decides the limits of liberal tolerance by relying on content-based rather than content-neutral considerations. Equality laws are not and cannot be neutral. They reflect a content-based moral decision about... Read More about Conscientious Objection and Equality Laws: Why the Content of the Conscience Matters.

The Difference between Illegitimate Conscience and Misguided Conscience: Equality Laws, Abortion Laws and Religious Symbols (2019)
Book Chapter
Nehushtan, Y., & Coyle, S. (2019). The Difference between Illegitimate Conscience and Misguided Conscience: Equality Laws, Abortion Laws and Religious Symbols. In 'Conscientious Exemptions in a Liberal State: Theoretical, Doctrinal and Comparative Perspectives'

When the liberal state decides whether to accommodate conscientious objections, it can apply one of two approaches: a content-neutral approach or a content-based approach. Choosing one of these approaches is necessary in order to define the limits of... Read More about The Difference between Illegitimate Conscience and Misguided Conscience: Equality Laws, Abortion Laws and Religious Symbols.