Educational Theory, EarlyView.Abstract The tendency to silence higher education teachers and students around the globe who express opinions that others regard as wrong is increasing. This lack of interest in listening to, and at times silencing, people with opposing views raises the question of what makes higher education unique and worth protecting.
Silvia Edling
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Education for Civil Disobedience in the Context of Democratic Decline
Educational Theory, EarlyView.Abstract In this article, I discuss the educational relevance of civil disobedience as a form of political dissent in contemporary democracies demonstrating signs of significant democratic decline. The article challenges the plausibility of the impactful Rawlsian understanding of civil disobedience in societies in a state of democratic backsliding.
Anniina Leiviskä
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“A minimum of domination”—the overt normative orientation of Foucault's work
European Journal of Philosophy, EarlyView.Abstract Answering the charge of ‘crypto‐normativity’ that has long overshadowed Michel Foucault's work, I argue that this work is animated by an overt normative orientation to keep domination to a minimum. This orientation operates both at the level of content and form.
Fabian Freyenhagen
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Social Justice as a Catalyst for Ecumenical Engagement
The Ecumenical Review, EarlyView.Abstract This article provides a comprehensive overview of the historical formation of the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America (FCC), examining the social and political context in the United States that shaped its adoption of ecumenical practices focused on social justice.
Geneva Blackmer
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Definitions, perspectives, and reasons for conscientious objection among healthcare workers, facility managers, and staff in South Africa: a qualitative study. [PDF]
Sex Reprod Health Matters, 2023 Magwentshu M +8 more
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The Past Requires Reconciliation
The Ecumenical Review, EarlyView.Abstract This article presents three cases from the Orthodox Christian past that concern the defence of individuals and religious groups whose views differed from those of the official Orthodox Church. It also highlights the significance of the past in the Orthodox Christian context as a tradition that largely influences the behaviour of Orthodox ...
Petros A. Panagiotopoulos
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Conscientious objection to abortion: how to strike a legal and ethical balance between conflicting rights? [PDF]
Acta Biomed, 2022 Negro F +4 more
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Considering students' basic psychological needs in feedback processes in the teaching of Swedish
Foreign Language Annals, EarlyView.Abstract This qualitative study investigated how teachers of Swedish as a second language in Finland perceive they enhance their students' language learning by considering the students' basic psychological needs in feedback processes. This study was conducted in a context where most students were disinclined to study Swedish.
Toni Mäkipää, Sara Karhu
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Why Conscience Matters: A Theory of Conscience and Its Relevance to Conscientious Objection in Medicine. [PDF]
Res Publica, 2023 Symons X.
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Romano Guardini and Cornelio Fabro on Kierkegaard's Christian Humanism
The Heythrop Journal, EarlyView.Abstract This article examines how Søren Kierkegaard's theological anthropology furnished resources for reconstructing Christian humanism among mid‐twentieth‐century Catholic thinkers. Focusing on Romano Guardini (1885‐1968) in Germany and Cornelio Fabro (1911‐1995) in Italy, I demonstrate how each thinker creatively appropriated Kierkegaard's ...
Joshua Furnal
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