This study examines the changing motives and patterns of conscientious objection as well as state policies toward objectors in the Western world.

Historically associated with military service, conscientious objection has become a significant phenomenon in health care. Mark Wicclair offers a comprehensive

Refusing to take part in war is as old as war itself. This wide-ranging and original book brings together four different bodies of knowledge to examine the prac

In a series of feisty and ultimately hopeful essays, one of America's sharpest social critics casts a shrewd eye over contemporary culture to reveal the worst -

Traditionally few people challenged the distinction between absolute and selective conscientious objection by those being asked to carry out military duties. Th