Comparee.g., AshleyBenedict, and O'RourkeKevinHealth Care Ethics: A Theological Analysis (Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press, 1997). “Principle of Moral Discrimination,” 187-91; and Dietrich von Hildebrand, Christian Ethics (New York: David McKay Company, Inc., 1953), 302-8.
2.
Seee.g., FlamanPaulGenetic Engineering, Christian Values and Catholic Teaching (New York: Paulist Press, 2002). 85–89.
3.
See von Hildebrand (see note 1, the whole work) for one of the best book-length treatments of Christian ethics. With regard to the wonderful consistency of Catholic moral teaching see, e.g., Pope John Paul II's Encyclical Letter Evangelium Vitae, “The Gospel of Life,” and the Catechism of the Catholic Church (1997), “Part III, Life in Christ.” In some of my other publications and writing I have argued in support of Catholic teaching on such specific issues as contraception, abortion and non-marital sex (for more information see: <www.ualberta.ca/∼pflaman>).
4.
Cf., e.g., Catechism of the Catholic Church (1997), nn. 1790-4 re “Erroneous Judgment.”
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With regard to limits to human freedom see, e.g., also Rm. 7: 15-25 where the Apostle Paul speaks of not understanding his actions. Although he agrees with God's law with his mind, he sometimes does what he does not want. He attributes this to “sin which dwells within me.” He concludes this section by affirming his faith in deliverance through Jesus Christ our Lord.
