Category Archives: ethics

A prenatal is any human being from conception to birth. Abortion (specifically direct abortion) is any knowingly chosen act that directly kills a prenatal. Direct abortion is intrinsically evil because the act is inherently ordered toward destroying human life in … Continue reading →

…and we have only ourselves to blame. My position on the HHS mandate is that the government should NOT require health care plans to include abortion, abortifacient contraception, or contraception as covered products or services. For according to the definitive … Continue reading →

The penalty of automatic excommunication applies to anyone who deliberately chooses and accomplishes a direct abortion, with knowledge of the penalty attached. Can. 1398 A person who procures a completed abortion incurs a latae sententiae excommunication. This penalty applies to … Continue reading →

It doesn’t matter if the Roman Pontiff is liberal and you are conservative, or if he is conservative and you are liberal. It doesn’t matter if he has said or done something with which you disagree. It doesn’t even matter … Continue reading →

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Roman Catholic teaching on morality differs from perhaps every other religious or philosophical system due to one particular foundational tenet: Certain kinds of human acts are always wrong, regardless of intention or circumstances. These acts are immoral due to the … Continue reading →

Peter Kreeft on lying I recently reread Dr. Peter Kreeft’s article on the morality of lying. I commented previously here (On lying, intrinsic evil, and moral intuition). His article (Why Live Action did right and why we all should know … Continue reading →

There are three fonts of morality, which I number and name in this way: 1. intended end 2. moral object 3. circumstances Fr. Martin Rhonheimer has taken some controversial positions on particular moral questions. But this article concerns his ideas … Continue reading →

Double Effect The principle of double effect considers the moral situation where a knowingly chosen act has two substantial effects (consequences), one good and one bad. The principle of double effect justifies the overall act (all three fonts of morality) … Continue reading →

There are three fonts (sources) of morality: 1. intention 2. moral object 3. circumstances Catechism of the Catholic Church: “The morality of human acts depends on: the object chosen; the end in view or the intention; the circumstances of the … Continue reading →