
On human dignity and the death penalty
Whether human dignity is upheld if we allow no executions remains an open question. As Plato intimated, a case for the execution of certain criminals […]
Whether human dignity is upheld if we allow no executions remains an open question. As Plato intimated, a case for the execution of certain criminals […]
We can reaffirm that state executions are not intrinsically evil, even while we join Pope Francis in working toward the abolition of their social application. […]
What we appear to have on our hands is a case of interpretive undecidability. […]
The historical record is less consistent than many suppose and it does not, in fact, support the claim that the Church has committed itself irreformably […]
The new text on capital punishment seems to require Catholics to substitute this Pope’s judgment on this subject for their own. […]
Two major issues—the meaning and significance of Vatican II and the doctrinal implications of AL’s moral logic of pastoral reasoning—will continue to present the Church […]
I’m sure there are other reasons, but at least for these three reasons I think that Pope Francis cannot provide a Lérinian justification of the […]
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