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The Consistent Life Ethic is an ethical, religious, and political ideology based on the premise that human life is sacred.[1] The ethic's adherents are opposed to abortion, capital punishment, assisted suicide, economic injustice, and euthanasia. Adherents are opposed, at the very least, to unjust war, while some adherents also profess pacifism, or opposition to all war. Political Ideologies Part of the Politics series Politics Portal This box: An ideology is an organized collection of ideas. ...
Capital punishment, or the death penalty, is the execution of a convicted criminal by the state as punishment for crimes known as capital crimes or capital offences. ...
Euthanasia (Greek, good death) is the practice of killing a person or animal, in a painless or minimally painful way, for merciful reasons, usually to end their suffering. ...
For mercy killings not performed on humans, see animal euthanasia. ...
The doctrine of the just war has its foundations in ancient Greek society and was first developed in the Christian tradition by Augustine in Civitas Dei, The City of God, in reaction to the absolutist pacifist strain of Christian ethics based on the doctrine of Turn the other cheek espoused...
Pacifism is the opposition to war or violence as a means of settling disputes or gaining advantage. ...
An important early proponent of the Consistent Life Ethic was Joseph Cardinal Bernardin of Chicago, though he did not coin the term.[2] Bernardin and other advocates of this ethic sought to form a consistent policy that would link abortion, capital punishment, economic injustice, euthanasia, pornography, and unjust war.[3] Bernardin sought to unify conservative Catholics (e.g., who opposed abortion) and liberal Catholics (e.g., who opposed capital punishment) in the United States. By relying on fundamental principles, Bernardin also sought to coordinate work on several different spheres of Catholic moral theology. In addition, Bernardin argued that since the 1950s the church moved against its own historical, casuistic exceptions to the protection of life. "To summarize the shift succinctly, the presumption against taking human life has been strengthened and the exceptions made ever more restrictive."[4] Joseph Cardinal Bernardin, served as Archbishop of Chicago from 1982 till his death in 1996. ...
Holy Name Cathedral is the motherchurch of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago. ...
Ethics is a branch of philosophy dealing with right and wrong in human behaviour. ...
The 1950s decade refers to the years 1950 to 1959 inclusive. ...
Casuistry is a broad term that refers to a variety of forms of case-based reasoning. ...
In the United States, several organizations have promoted the "consistent ethic of life" approach, including both Catholic groups (e.g., the National Conference of Catholic Bishops), and broader coalitions, such as Consistent Life, founded in 1987 as the Seamless Garment Network. The ethic and its organizational expressions are difficult to define in terms of the conventional U.S. political spectrum, since those who subscribe to the ethic are often at odds with both the right wing over capital punishment, war, and economic issues, as well as the left wing over abortion, embryo-destructive research, and euthanasia. The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, also known as the USCCB, is the official governing body of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States. ...
Notable exponents according to the Consistent Life organisation include novelist Wendell Berry, the current Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso, Roman Catholic actor Martin Sheen, and Village Voice columnist Nat Hentoff.[5] Wendell Berry (born August 5, 1934, Henry County, Kentucky) is an American man of letters, academic, cultural and economic critic, and farmer. ...
The 13th Dalai Lama, Thubten Gyatso (1876-1933). ...
Martin Sheen (born August 3, 1940 as Ramón Gerardo Antonio Estévez) is an Emmy- and Golden Globe Award-winning American actor. ...
Nat Hentoff (born June 10, 1925) is an American civil libertarian, free speech absolutist, pro-life advocate, anti-death penalty advocate, jazz critic, historian, biographer and anecdotist, and columnist for the Village Voice, Legal Times, Washington Times, The Progressive, Editor & Publisher, Free Inquiry and Jewish World Review. ...
References
- ^ Bernardin, Joseph. Consistent ethics of life 1988, Sheed and Ward
- ^ Bernardin, Joseph. Consistent ethics of life 1988, Sheed and Ward, p. v
- ^ Bernardin, Joseph. Consistent ethics of life 1988, Sheed and Ward
- ^ Bernardin, Joseph. Consistent ethics of life 1988, Sheed and Ward
- ^ Consistent life website ( Accessed May 1, 2007)
See also - Byrnes. "The Politics of the American Catholic Hierarchy" Political Science Quarterly, 1993
- JT McHugh. Building a Culture of Life: A Catholic Perspective Christian Bioethics, 2001 (Taylor & Francis)
- Jim Wallis God's Politics, 2004
- Seamless garment
Jim Wallis Reverend Jim Wallis (born June 4, 1948 in Detroit, Michigan) is a Christian writer and political activist, best known as the founder and editor of Sojourners magazine and of the Washington DC based Christian community of the same name. ...
Gods Politics: Why the Right Gets It Wrong and the Left Doesnt Get It is a 2004 book by author Jim Wallis. ...
The phrase seamless garment refers to the seamless robe of Jesus, which the Gospel of John describes Jesus as having worn to his crucifixion. ...
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