Do Catholic Leaders Try to Influence Catholic MP's Conscience Votes? A Case Study on Therapeutic Cloning
A conscience vote allows an MP to consider the merits of a parliamentary bill free from the constraints of his or her political party's typical voting requirements. A conscience vote therefore allows MPs greater deliberative choice. The article reviews a case study--on therapeutic cloning--in w...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2017]
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Journal for the academic study of religion
Year: 2017, Volume: 30, Issue: 1, Pages: 73-91 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Parliament
/ Deputy
/ Catholic
/ Cloning
/ Vote
/ Catholic church
/ Political influencing
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| IxTheo Classification: | CH Christianity and Society KDB Roman Catholic Church |
| Further subjects: | B
Voting
B LEGISLATIVE reform B Political Parties B Religion B therapeutic cloning B conscience voting B Sacraments |
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| Summary: | A conscience vote allows an MP to consider the merits of a parliamentary bill free from the constraints of his or her political party's typical voting requirements. A conscience vote therefore allows MPs greater deliberative choice. The article reviews a case study--on therapeutic cloning--in which two Catholic leaders sought to influence state Catholic MP's conscience votes. The Catholic leaders did so by implying that Catholic politicians might be denied the Sacraments if the MPs did not oppose legislative reforms on therapeutic cloning. The article reviews the methods chosen by the Catholic leaders to influence MP's conscience votes and considers the responses of MPs to the Catholic leader's overtures. |
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| ISSN: | 2047-7058 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal for the academic study of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1558/jasr.31533 |