Mon 7 Jun, 2010

Organ Donation: Act of Charity or Abuse of Human Dignity?

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New York has passed a law that automatically makes every citizen an organ donor unless you opt out. This law raises serious questions about the morality of organ donation, and especially of how free will comes into play. The protection of human dignity and the value of every human life are key principles at stake here. Continue reading

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Mon 25 Aug, 2008

Living the Deliberate Life

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While the natural moral law does address moral issues (what’s right and wrong), it also leads us to live fully human lives. This was the good news that I shared this past weekend with our diocesan Lay Formation Institute students and deacon aspirants. I think this knowledge gives us a new vision of morality. Most people view morality with a bit of trepidation, like a child looks
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Tue 30 Jan, 2007

The Myth of Reproductive Freedom

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Advocates of abortion do not believe that they advocate killing babies. Most of them actually believe that they are striving for “reproductive freedom” for women. In the last pre-election cycle, a brief editorial advocated the vote for a specific candidate because that candidate was the “only one who will protect reproductive freedom.”What is freedom, as understood morally and by the US Constitution? Many modern Americans mistakenly believe that freedom means
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