Michael Ignatieff brings history, philosophy, law, and democratic morality to bear on the problem. That may sound daunting, but Ignatieff is such a forceful writer that it is a fascinating book.
Reading him is a bit like having a conversation with an eminently reasonable but convinced and powerfully convincing man. In this exceptionally sophisticated commentary, he provides much-needed global and historical context for America's war against al-Qaeda, illuminating the promise and peril of a range of possible strategies for combating terrorist threats.
The sheer diversity of his case studies enables Ignatieff to discredit any simple-minded approach to terrorism. The turbulence of recent history guarantees keen interest for this sobering inquiry. Kowinski, San Francisco Chronicle. This book is much more than a philosophical exercise. Catholic moral tradition holds that a Catholic politician could never in good conscience vote for any law that contains any provisions that would allow for the legality of abortions.
Catholic moral tradition holds that no one under any circumstances may ever do anything, either by direct action commission or by failure to act omission that would aid or cooperate in the commission of a moral evil by a third party. Catholic moral tradition holds that one may never use or permit any evil means or effect so that a good end or effect would come about as a result of that evil means. Catholic moral theology holds explicitly that one should take into account in moral evaluation not only the action itself but the intention of the agent and circumstances of the action in determining its moral rightness or wrongness.
Catholic moral theology holds that murder can never be morally justified, even if it could be argued that the murder of a given individual would end some grave evil or bring about some considerable good. James T. Bretzke, S. In discussing the principle of dou-ble effect Fr. Bretzke states the Catholic moral teaching tolerates the removal of a fetus in an ectopic pregnancy.
This is not true nor is it a proper application of the prin-ciple of double effect. In such a pregnancy the fetus itself may not be removed. To remove an embryo, embedded in the wall of a fallopian tube ectopic pregancy , is the direct taking of a human life abortion.
Abortions, even thera-peutic abortions, are not part of Catholic moral teaching Gospel of Life 58 The Catechism of the Cath-olic Church On the other hand, this does not mean that nothing can be done,. Bretzke also states in the arti-cle that the church teaches that some actions are intrinsically evil but only after a consideration of all three elements of the action, i. The church does not teach this. In The Splendor of Truth 80 John Paul states very clearly that a human action can in intrinsically evil in itself apart from any consideration of circumstances and intention.
The same teaching is contained in The Catechism of the Catholic Church Finally, Fr. Bretzke states that before determining the moral quality species good or evil of a human action one must consider the three elements of an action together: the act itself, the circumstances and the intention. To say that this is part of past and present Catholic moral teaching is simply erroneous.
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