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Kimberley Brownlee

Kimberley Brownlee is Associae Professor in Legal and Moral Philosophy at the Warwick School of Law and author of Conscience and Conviction: The Case for Civil Disobedience. 

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Jeff McMahan’s proposal—that the U.S. military adopt legal provisions for selective conscientious objection by active-duty soldiers—is compelling and should be taken seriously. There is a risk, though, that the proposal will be...
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