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October 2016

October 21, 2016

This is a really good piece from Brandon McGinley at First Things

...rejecting the "dirty hands" thesis Jean Bethke Elshtain put forward a decade ago in defense...

September 2016

September 20, 2016

Nothing says “prolife” like love of torture and murder

Mike Pence greatly admires Dick Cheney and would model his Vice Presidency on his. That...

August 2016

August 26, 2016

Groundbreaking Work in Consequentialist Moral Theology

May 2016

May 31, 2016

There was a time when conservative prolife Catholics opposed the deliberate murder of children

Back when they had principles beyond "victory at any cost" and "You shall hate Obama...

November 2015

November 23, 2015

Good Ends Do Not Justify Evil Means

Consequentialism is the most popular heresy on the planet. We discuss it over at the...

December 2014

December 15, 2014

Dear Catholic Torture Defender: Here is what you are struggling to defend

BRET BAIER, FOX NEWS: Sir, did the ends justify the means? FORMER VICE PRESIDENT DICK CHENEY:...

November 2014

November 21, 2014

The Difference between Dick Cheney and Lakechia Schonta Stanley

...is that when he authorizes drowning somebody and calls it "dunking" or a "splash of water",...

November 14, 2014

You Shall Not Do Evil That Good May Come of It

Medill Innocence Project railroaded Alstory Simon into prison for 15 years with lies and deception...

August 2014

August 06, 2014

On This Feast of Holy Consequentialism

...here is my essay on the most popular moral heresy in the world.

March 2014

March 14, 2014

Today’s Theological Term in the News: Scandal

Respect for the souls of others: scandal 2284Scandal is an attitude or behavior which leads...

February 2014

February 25, 2014

Bombing Civilian Populations

Both evil *and* stupid. As is often the case, the Faustian bargain of doing evil...

August 2013

August 09, 2013

Strangely, Pewsitter never linked this

The Most Popular Moral Heresy in the World Consequentialism is only a sin when the...

August 08, 2013

Thank God for Consistent Moral Theologians Like Fr. Ford

John Herreid at Ignatius sends this along: An excerpt from Russell Shaw’s book “American Church:...

August 08, 2013

Pewsitter Celebrates Crime Against God and Man

with a link to the annual conservative festivities in honor of Hiroshima Not with a...

August 07, 2013

50% of Catholics as Consequentialist…

...about abortion as they are about torture. Or, to be brief, consequentialism remains the absolute...

August 06, 2013

From our “Consequentialism is Great When Cops Do It” File

One of the standard "Shut your trap" arguments put forward by those who argue for...

August 01, 2013

One of the More Grotesque Moments in our Hastily Forgotten History

...was when Bush/Cheney shill Marc Theissen actually had the temerity to say that waterboarding was...

June 2013

June 20, 2013

...and how to fight it with the gospel and faith in Jesus Christ.

May 2013

May 31, 2013

Means and Ends

A primer on the most popular moral heresy in the world, as beloved by Catholics...

May 20, 2013

A Reading from the Gnostic Gospel of James the Deacon

Jesus had to pass through Samaria, and as he walked with his disciples he was...

May 09, 2013

In Defense of Live Action’s Goals

Having been instructed numerous times by defenders of Live Action's tactics that I am a...

May 07, 2013

Fighting Abortion by Just Means: It’s Right *and* Smart

In one of several "You are an evil idiot for daring to question Live Action's...

May 07, 2013

According to Many of My Readers, This Person Should Have Been Lied to and Tempted to Sear Her Conscience Even More

...because she was already a mortal sinner who had worked in the abortion industry for...

May 07, 2013

For Those Who Constantly Appeal to the Uniformed Authority Figure…

...as the justification for lying and tempting people to do evil so that you can...

May 04, 2013

Why I’m a Pain in the Butt About Live Action’s Tactics

Why do I worry about the distortions and contortions Live Action supporters pretzel themselves into...

March 2013

March 20, 2013

Wow! What a powerful story of mercy!

A moving story from the Second World War: The pilot glanced outside his cockpit and...

February 2013

February 14, 2013

Zero Dark Thirty Has Given a Boost to the “Torture Works!” Crowd

That's not actually true, as real interrogators who are not actors keep pointing out. But...

December 2012

December 21, 2012

Consequentialism is Always a Faustian Bargain

After all those years of Catholics arguing for the mortal sin of torture in my...

October 2012

October 17, 2012

The Case for Voting for the Non-Intrinsic Evil Candidate

The Church's argument for the Lesser of Two Evils candidates is simple and obvious: Better...

August 2012

August 15, 2012

Good Thing It’s not Torture

Delaware Pediatrician(!) Waterboards Daughter It's been conclusively shown by the best Catholic ethics money can...

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