Defining harm: The harm principle and religious rights in South Africa

This article asks whether the harm principle, as originally formulated by John Mill and applied in religious rights discourse, is sufficiently coherent to be used as a criterion for the limitation or protection of religious rights. The philosophical and legal plausibility of the concept is discussed...

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Main Author: Vorster, Nicolaas 1973- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Univ. 2021
In: Verbum et ecclesia
Year: 2021, Volume: 42, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-6
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Physical injury / Mill, John Stuart 1806-1873 / Religious community / Law / Dignity / Crime / Human rights / Philosophy of law / Religion
RelBib Classification:BS Traditional African religions
CA Christianity
KBN Sub-Saharan Africa
Further subjects:B religious rights
B harm principle
B South Africa
B Religious Freedom
B Religious and Linguistic (CRL) Rights Commission
B Cultural
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