The question of consciencious objection for religious convictions appears in many contemporary political debates If conscientious objection was an individual request, without consequences on the global or social cohesion, it seems today, at least in some of its manifestations, express a willingness of questioning the common standards or norms or of exempting part of the population of exposure to these standards,. This phenomena is reinforced by the increasing religious diversity.
That’s why, through the case of conscienctious objection, the stakes of our reflexion refers to those of the compatibility between social cohesion and individual liberties, here religious liberties. There also lies the debate of the ability of our postmodern societies to establish common values and to legitimate them. This underlines the constant necessity to rethink, with care, within national political traditions, the limit between the just and the good,.
