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Last Judgement Mt 25:31-46
1. I was hungry, and you fed me
2. I was thirsty, and you gave me
something to drink
3. I was a stranger, and you welcomed me
into your house
4. I was naked, and you clothed me
5. I was sick, and you visited me
6. I was in prison, and you came to see me
The first encyclical letter of Pope Benedict
XVI was on love,
Deus Caritas est – God is Love
Caritas in Veritate – Charity in Truth
CHARACTERISTICS:
1. Rooted in Justice
2. Organized, Well-Ordered, and not
Sporadic
3. Seeking Integral Human Development
4. Oriented Towards Communion
5. Integrated With Worship
Worship – act of religious devotion directed
towards to God
RELIGION
-Latin, religare, “bind again or reconnect”
- Thomas Aquinas said that it is a moral
virtue whose purpose is to render God
- bodies or its parts of the canonized saints
or blessed
1ST CLASS – BODY PART
2ND CLASS – ANYTHING WORN
3RD CLASS – ANYTHING
USED/TOUCHED
HUMAN BODY IS THE EXPRESSION OF
THE HUMAN PERSON
BIOETHICS – field of morality that deals with
life issues
TRADITIONAL BIOETHICAL PRINCIPLES
(recognized for ages)
1. STEWARDSHIP
-man is not the owner of his body, but
only its user
4 LAWS:
1. Dignity of the human body
2. Pre-eminence of body over soul
3. Solidarity of all peoples
4. Sovereign dominion of God over
life and destiny
2. TOTALITY
-human person can give individual parts
of their body to destruction mutilation
Anatomical – removal of bodily organ
Functional – suppression of working o
bodily organ
-system of beliefs, rituals, and moral
practices
Virtue of religion is attitude towards God
SACRAMENTALS – visible sacred signs
that signify effects obtained through the
Church’s intercession
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May be material things or actions
3. DOUBLE EFFECT or INDIRECT
VOLUNTARY
Intended effect – wanted, first effect,
pleasant
RELICS
Incidental effect – foreseen, unwanted,
unpleasant
-Latin, reliquiae, “remains” or “things LEFT
BEHIND”
4. INTEGRAL CAUSE
- Good end does not justify evil means
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No evil done with a good intention can
be excused
CONITEMPORARY BIOETHICAL
PRINCIPLES (evolved in recent years)
1. RESPECT FOR AUTONOMY
-know all information about condition
-educated and make decisions upon self
2. NONMALEFICENCE
Hippocratic Oath
Non Male Facere
No Evil Do
-The medical professional will never do
anything to harm the patient
3.
BENEFICENCE
Bene – good
Facere – do
Only contribute to patients’ welfare
4. JUSTICE
- Equals must be treated equally, unequals
must be treated unequally
Salve Regina – We live in a valley of tears
LEVELS:
1. BIOLOGICAL- useful warning
2. PSYCHOLOGICAL- suffering helps
sick and loved ones accept coming of
death
3. SPIRITUAL – last moments, sharing in
Christ’s passion
CONSIDERATIONS:
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Type of treatment
Complexity or Risk
Cost
Possibilities
Result
Proportionate – care, always given, used
Disproportionate – cure, may be stopped
PVS – Permanent Vegetative State
Abortion – removal of the nonviable human
being from mother’s womb by human
intervention, destruction of human life at its
beginning
INDICATIONS FOR ABORTION:
EUTHANASIA
Greek, eu – good, thanatos – death
-action or omission which itself or by intention
causes death
ANCIENT TIMES – easy death, happy death,
death w/o suffering
Lura Et Bona – Declaration on Euthanasia
1) EUGENIC – abnormal or retarded
2) SOCIAL or ECONOMIC – financial
burden
3) MORAL or ETHICAL – loss of social
standing
4) MEDICAL or THERAPEUTIC – health
NONE OF THESE INDICATIONS MAKE
ABORTION RIGHT
Principle of double effect
Preservation of mother’s life – good
Incidental effect is the loss of the fetus
SEXUALITY – totality of the human person
First book of the bible presents 2 stories of creation – Priestly Tradition, Pro-creative
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Second book – Yahwistic, Unitive
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It is not right for man to be alone
Woman was taken from man’s rib, drawn from his side to show equal dignity, MAN’S COMPANION
Sleep – mystery wrapping of the divine gift
Spouse would never truly understand each other at all times
Mystery – there will always be something new to discover
Boredom and Monotony – marriage is not true
FLESH – human weakness
BONE – human strength
BONE-FLESH – full range of a person’s character trait, weakness to their strongest
NAKEDNESS –exposure of everything to each other, fullness of union
HUMAN SEXUALITY HAS TWOFOLD DIMENSIONS:
1. PROCREATION - children
2. UNION – spouse themselves
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