Changing unjust laws justly : pro-life solidarity with "the last and least" / / Colin Harte

• Autore: Harte Colin <1965->
• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : Catholic University of America Press, 2005
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (383 p.)
• Disciplina: 342.4108/4
• Soggetto topico: Abortion - Law and legislation - Great Britain; Abortion - Moral and ethical aspects - Great Britain; Abortion - Religious aspects - Catholic Church; Pro-life movement - Great Britain
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 347-357) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- 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. ; 9. 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: Changing 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Changing unjust laws justly
• ISBN: 0-8132-1609-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910953327703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II