Category Archives: ethics

Saint Augustine of Hippo, Doctor of the Church, in his moral treatise ‘On the Good of Marriage,’ writes on the subject of sexual intercourse within marriage: “…nor be changed into that use which is against nature, on which the Apostle … Continue reading →

Is it moral for women to have eggs from their ovaries removed and frozen? 1. What is the intended end, i.e. the purpose of the act? If the reason is to use the eggs later in a procedure called IVF, … Continue reading →

The full title of the book is ‘Holy Sex: A Catholic Guide to Toe-Curling, Mind-Blowing Infallible Loving.’ The author is Gregory K. Popcak, who has a Ph.D. in “human services” from an online for-profit university: Capella University. Popcak is not … Continue reading →

The answer depends on the definition of collective punishment. Wikipedia here discusses the Fourth Geneva Convention and the definition of collective punishment: Under the 1949 Geneva Conventions, collective punishment is a war crime. By collective punishment, the drafters of the … Continue reading →

First things first. The Roman Catholic Magisterium rightly condemns euthanasia, in any and all forms, as intrinsically evil and always gravely immoral. And this teaching against euthanasia is both true AND consistent with Church teaching on other intrinsically evil acts. … Continue reading →

Some persons commit sins, without fully realizing the immorality of their acts. They should have known, and so they are guilty of negligence in learning faith and morals. But other persons know full well that certain acts are gravely immoral, … Continue reading →

What does Sacred Scripture say about lying? [Leviticus] {19:11} You shall not steal. You shall not lie. Neither shall anyone deceive his neighbor. [Proverbs] {6:16} Six things there are that the Lord hates, and the seventh, his soul detests: {6:17} … Continue reading →

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My booklet, Is Lying Always Wrong?, in Kindle format only, will be free from May 25 to May 27, 2017 (Pacific time). Please take advantage of this offer. To read the Kindle versions of my books, without a Kindle device, … Continue reading →