Pillar

The Human Person

The first pillar of a decent society is respect for the human person, which recognizes that all individual human beings have dignity simply because of the kind of being they are: animals whose rational faculties allow them to know, love, reason, and communicate. It also recognizes that human beings are persons, members of the human family who flourish in a community that respects their fundamental rights and who long to discover transcendent truths about the nature of reality.

The Human Person

Lessons from the Most Anxious Philosopher

By Aaron Alexander Zubia

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February 14, 2011
Education & Culture, The Human Person

February 14, 2011
Abortion, Lying

Why Lying is Always Wrong

By Christopher O. Tollefsen

Lying, even for laudable reasons, is wrong.

February 11, 2011
Education & Culture, The Human Person

February 11, 2011
Abortion, Lying

In Defense of Live Action

By Christopher Kaczor

Is lying ever justified?

February 9, 2011
Education & Culture, The Human Person

February 9, 2011
Abortion, Lying

Truth, Love, and Live Action

By Christopher O. Tollefsen

The pro-life cause must be advanced by truth and by love, and it must be willing to engage in self-criticism when it fails to meet its own exacting standards.

January 28, 2011
Business & Economics, The Human Person

January 28, 2011
Abortion, Healthcare

Repeal is Job #1

By Michael J. New

Repealing health care is the next fight in the battle for life.

January 24, 2011
The Human Person

January 24, 2011
Abortion

Reckoning with Roe v. Wade

By Justin Dyer

We are still reckoning with the legacy of Roe’s fraudulent jurisprudence.

January 24, 2011
Sexuality & Family, The Human Person

January 24, 2011
Abortion, Marriage

Marching on the Right Side of History

By Jennifer Roback Morse

Defenders of marriage should draw hope and courage from the pro-life movement’s success.

January 21, 2011
Sexuality & Family, The Human Person

January 21, 2011
Abortion, Marriage

The Pride of Silence

By Todd Hartch

Speaking out requires humility as well as courage.

January 17, 2011
The Human Person

January 17, 2011
Abortion

The Lazy Slander of the Pro-Life Cause

By Helen Alvaré, Greg Pfundstein, Matthew Schmitz and Ryan T. Anderson

Do pro-lifers care about life after birth?

January 10, 2011
The Human Person

January 10, 2011
Abortion

The Fatal Position

By Christopher Kaczor

A new, supposedly objective book on the abortion debate relentlessly tips the scale against life.

January 4, 2011
The Human Person

January 4, 2011
Bioethics

Designer Genes

By Justin D. Barnard

One scientist’s flawed argument for flawless humans.

December 8, 2010
Politics & Law, The Human Person

December 8, 2010
Abortion, Constitutional Law

William Brennan and the Creation of a Right to Abortion

By Gregory J. Sullivan

One man’s biography becomes the story of jurisprudence when constitutional interpretation is governed by personality and politics.

December 6, 2010
The Human Person

December 6, 2010
Bioethics

The Moral Frontiers of Stem Cell Research

By Matthew Hoberg

Though recent progress in induced pluripotent stem-cell research may reduce reliance on embryonic stem cells, it is no moral panacea.

November 19, 2010
Business & Economics, The Human Person

November 19, 2010
Abortion, Healthcare

Pro-Lifers and “Repeal and Replace”

By James C. Capretta

We need a healthcare law that is not only pro-life but that also addresses our healthcare system’s persistent problems and looming challenges.

November 17, 2010
The Human Person

November 17, 2010
Islam

No Such Thing as a “Muslim World”

By Jennifer S. Bryson

In Jakarta President Obama spoke astutely about Muslims, but he engaged in dangerous obfuscation regarding al-Qaeda.

November 12, 2010
Politics & Law, The Human Person

November 12, 2010
Abortion, Constitutional Law

Abortion Law is Family Law

By Helen Alvaré

Abortion law is usually seen as a matter of constitutional law. Is it time for that to change?

November 9, 2010
The Human Person

November 9, 2010
Islam

Arranged: Happily Wholesome in a Brooklyn World

By Jennifer S. Bryson

A recent film follows two women whose shared values offer an unexpected opportunity for friendship.

November 5, 2010
The Human Person

November 5, 2010
Abortion, Bioethics

The Ethics of Fetal Pain

By E. Christian Brugger

The science of fetal pain remains uncertain, but we still have a duty to avoid the possibility of inflicting undue suffering.

November 4, 2010
The Human Person

November 4, 2010
Islam

Why We Can’t Help But Legislate Morality

By Micah Watson

All legislation is moral. The sooner we recognize this fact, the better.

October 29, 2010
The Human Person

October 29, 2010
Conscience Protection

Abortion, Conscience, and Doctors

By Christopher Kaczor

Suggestions to end conscience protection ignore the importance of conscience and rely on a circular—and baseless—understanding of a woman’s “right” to abortion. Following such suggestions would be detrimental to the entire health care system.

October 20, 2010
The Human Person

October 20, 2010
Abortion, Bioethics

The Other F-Word

By John Finnis

In an article adapted from his debate last week with Peter Singer and Maggie Little on the moral status of the “fetus,” Professor Finnis explains that outside of medical contexts use of the word “fetus” is offensive, dehumanizing, prejudicial, and manipulative. It obscures our perception of moral reality. Moral status is not a matter of choice or grant or convention, but of recognition, of someone who matters, and matters as an equal, whether we like it or not.

October 11, 2010
The Human Person

October 11, 2010
Islam

Four Lions: The Absurdity of Terror

By Jennifer S. Bryson

In the British film Four Lions, farcical humor meets terror-jihad, and it is a match made almost in heaven.

October 6, 2010
The Human Person

October 6, 2010
Conscience Protection

Europe’s Choice on Conscience Protection

By Matthew Schmitz

A new resolution before Europe's leading human rights council attacks conscience and community.

October 1, 2010
Education & Culture, The Human Person

October 1, 2010
Abortion, Bioethics, Culture

The Argument Over Pregnancy: And Why it Matters

By Christopher O. Tollefsen

Accepting the “liberal” definition on pregnancy can actually help clarify the morality of contraception, abortion, and embryo adoption.

September 24, 2010
The Human Person

September 24, 2010
Islam

Killing the Extremist Idea that Threatens America: Counter Fear with Freedom

By Thomas F. Farr

We must oppose violent extremists in part by promoting freedom of religion, both at home and abroad. Part two of two.

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