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Answer for: Where should religious freedom end?
#1 Where my nose begins
Freedom ends when it begins to encroach upon the rights of others
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God is a big nose!!!!!!
For clarification: So a pharmacist can deny the morning-after pill because the customer has no right to the product from that vendor?
You've got it backwards - The pharmacist cannot deny the morning-after pill because his "moral" freedom is trumped by the customer's freedom to choose.
I'm confused. The pharmicist has a right to his property and has the freedom to sell it or not. However the customer does not have a right to the pharmicists product. It's not a life-saving product and she can get it elsewhere so there are no dire circumstances.
Doesn't it infringe on the pharmicists property rights to force him sell to a particular customer?
Section III of the Pharmacist's Code of Ethics states that:
"III. A pharmacist respects the autonomy and dignity of each patient.
A pharmacist promotes the right of self-determination and recognizes individual self-worth by encouraging patients to participate in decisions about their health. A pharmacist communicates with patients in terms that are understandable. In all cases, a pharmacist respects personal and cultural differences among patients."
http://www.uspharmd....f_Ethics.html
Regardless, it seems that the US legal system has upheld the right of a pharmacist to deny Plan B at their discretion; I still think that's just as wrong, though, as a doctor denying treatment to an African-American because they are morally opposed to "Negroes".
I wonder if a Jehovah's Witness could refuse to sell birthday candles to a paying customer....
I see. Apparently I picked a really bad example. What with the code of ethics.
Well, it _is_ loose enough to be up to each individual's interpretation.