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Since the beginning of the late modern era, modern constitutions have been trying to keep both group
rights as minority rights and individual rights. But, in some cases, it is still ambiguous if an action or a
phenomenon must refer to individual rights or group rights. Abortion discussions, with regard to political
rights, are one example of these ambiguous cases. In this context, whereas Liberal view tends to regard
abortion as individual rights of a woman, Communitarian view can be against it by pointing out the right
to life and this case may lead to a kind of liberal constitutional crises. This article gains importance as such
constitutional crises still emerge even nowadays. John Rawls's theory of overlapping consensus in Political
Liberalism tries to solve these political conflicts that emerged in liberal constitutions by prioritizing public
reason. This article conceptionally aims to examine Rawls's theory in terms of prioritization and value
relativity in abortion discussions. The method of article is hermeneutics. In order to extend the universe of
the discussion, some important thinkers such as Immanuel Kant, Isaiah Berlin and John Gray, who have
related studies on the topic, were included. In conclusion, it is asserted that Rawl's theory is weak both
practically and theoretically as to the principle of utilitarianism violates the rights of communitarians.

TARAMASCOPUS ; TARAMAPUBMED ; WOS:000652456900021 ; TARAMAWOS ; Religious beliefs and attitudes contribute to a healthy life by helping individuals avoiding negative behaviors that can affect health. In this respect, clergymen can play an important role in smoking control by being models for the society. This study was conducted to evaluate smoking situations and views on cigarette use by Erciyes University, Faculty of Theology students. In this cross-sectional descriptive research, a questionnaire was conducted with the first and last year students studying in the Faculty of Theology (305). 88.2% of the students (97.0% of the women and 69.6% of the men) have never smoked; 6.9% of them (3.0% freshmen/16.0% senior students) still smoke and 4.9% of them have quit smoking. 81.0% of the smokers have thought of quitting smoking and 47.6% of them have tried to quit smoking. 70.6% of those thinking of quitting smoking stated that religion is motivating their thought of quitting smoking. 73.8% of the students expressed that religious sensitivity could affect smoking, 54.4% stated that smoking was an abomination to religion and 43.3% expressed that religion totally forbids smoking. Some measures need to be taken for fight against smoking, a global and preventable problem. Countries make legislative regulations to solve this problem and in addition to this, individuals such as clergymen and educators should also be mindful for the solution of this problem. © 2019, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.

Religious beliefs and attitudes contribute to a healthy life by helping individuals avoiding negative behaviors that can affect health. In this respect, clergymen can play an important role in smoking control by being models for the society. This study was conducted to evaluate smoking situations and views on cigarette use by Erciyes University, Faculty of Theology students. In this cross-sectional descriptive research, a questionnaire was conducted with the first and last year students studying in the Faculty of Theology (305). 88.2% of the students (97.0% of the women and 69.6% of the men) have never smoked; 6.9% of them (3.0% freshmen/16.0% senior students) still smoke and 4.9% of them have quit smoking. 81.0% of the smokers have thought of quitting smoking and 47.6% of them have tried to quit smoking. 70.6% of those thinking of quitting smoking stated that religion is motivating their thought of quitting smoking. 73.8% of the students expressed that religious sensitivity could affect smoking, 54.4% stated that smoking was an abomination to religion and 43.3% expressed that religion totally forbids smoking. Some measures need to be taken for fight against smoking, a global and preventable problem. Countries make legislative regulations to solve this problem and in addition to this, individuals such as clergymen and educators should also be mindful for the solution of this problem.