LEADER 04738nam 22006254a 450 001 9910953327703321 005 20251117074450.0 010 $a0-8132-1609-5 035 $a(CKB)2440000000013978 035 $a(OCoLC)608257068 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10267230 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000375698 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11276249 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000375698 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10326998 035 $a(PQKB)10512167 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse24129 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3134705 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10267230 035 $a(OCoLC)922996393 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3134705 035 $a(EXLCZ)992440000000013978 100 $a20040405d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aChanging unjust laws justly $epro-life solidarity with "the last and least" /$fColin Harte 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aWashington, D.C. $cCatholic University of America Press$d2005 215 $a1 online resource (383 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a0-8132-1406-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 347-357) and index. 327 $aIntro -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- PART I. PRACTICAL REALITIES OF RESTRICTING ABORTION -- 1. A Denial of Solidarity -- General Features of Abortion Laws -- Legislative Campaigns to Prohibit Late Abortions -- Campaigning to Stop "Abortion on Demand" -- The Exclusion of Disabled Unborn Children as a Paradigm of the Denial of Solidarity -- Exclusions or Solidarity? -- PART II. A QUESTION OF LAW -- 2. Jurisprudential Options Revisited -- The Three Basic Jurisprudential Options -- The Seven Jurisprudential Options -- Legal "Permission" and Legal "Toleration" -- 3. The Problem of Intrinsically Unjust Laws -- Law: Justness and Unjustness -- Responding to Intrinsically Unjust Laws -- PART III. ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS -- 4. Good Acts by Bad Acts? -- Material Cooperation and Side Effects -- Intentions and Consequences -- Veritatis splendor, n. 78, on the Moral Object -- An Analysis of Voting -- 5. A "Special Case" Consideration -- The Concept of "Anti-Abortion Politics" -- "Corrupted" Systems and Oath Swearing -- The Context of the Restrictive Law -- A Different Kind of "Special Case" -- A Return to the "Object" -- Form and Matter -- 6. Avoiding Ethical Inconsistencies -- The Lesser Evil -- The Principle of Totality -- The Law of Gradualness -- PART IV. LEGISLATIVE MATTERS -- 7. Identifying Just and Unjust Proposals -- Primary and Secondary Aspects of Abortion Laws -- A Typical Abortion Act -- A Range of Legislative Proposals -- A Consideration of Side Effects -- 8. Voting Opportunities -- The Unborn Children (Protection) Bill of 1980 -- The Unborn Children (Protection) Bill of 1982 -- The Abortion Bill of 1986 -- The Abortion (Amendment) Bill of 1992 -- The Abortion (Amendment) Bill of 1995 -- The Human Embryo (Protection) Bill of 2000 -- Voting Opportunities: A Summary -- PART V. MAGISTERIAL TEACHING AND A CONCLUSION. 327 $a9. Evangelium Vitae -- Reading Evangelium vitae, nn. 73 and 90, in Context -- Understanding Evangelium vitae, n. 73 -- Questions Posed by Evangelium vitae, n. 73 -- Evangelium vitae, n. 90 -- Authoritative Clarifications of Evangelium vitae, n. 73 -- 10. An Overview and Conclusion -- APPENDICES -- A. The UK Abortion Law Prior to the Abortion Act 1967 -- B. Abortion Act 1967 -- C. Abortion (Amendment) Bill (January 1988) -- D. Abortion (Amendment) Bill (May 1988) -- E. Section 37 of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990 -- Bibliography -- Index. 330 $aChanging Unjust Laws Justly is the first book to address systematically the practical, legal, and ethical problems that are encountered in well-intentioned attempts to restrict abortion. It will be of considerable interest not only to political, legal, and moral philosophers, but also to lawmakers and the pro-life movement generally. 606 $aAbortion$xLaw and legislation$zGreat Britain 606 $aAbortion$xMoral and ethical aspects$zGreat Britain 606 $aAbortion$xReligious aspects$xCatholic Church 606 $aPro-life movement$zGreat Britain 615 0$aAbortion$xLaw and legislation 615 0$aAbortion$xMoral and ethical aspects 615 0$aAbortion$xReligious aspects$xCatholic Church. 615 0$aPro-life movement 676 $a342.4108/4 700 $aHarte$b Colin$f1965-$01857221 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910953327703321 996 $aChanging unjust laws justly$94457982 997 $aUNINA