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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Harte, Colin, 1965-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Abortion--Law and legislation--Great Britain.

Abortion.

Abortion--Moral and ethical aspects--Great Britain.

Abortion--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.

Pro-life movement--Great Britain.

Pro-life movement.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (383 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 347-357) and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-8132-1609-5

OCLC:

608257068