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

The False Promises of Drugs: Joseph Ratzinger on True Human Excellence

By John F. Doherty

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February 7, 2012
Education & Culture, Politics & Law, The Human Person

February 7, 2012
Abortion, Culture, Religion and the Public Square

A Muslim View on Respecting Life

By Suzy Ismail

Life’s fragility should remind us of the greatness of God, and the goodness of God’s creation should inspire us to respect life. Adapted from remarks made in the Princeton University Chapel for Respect Life Sunday.

February 6, 2012
Politics & Law, Sexuality & Family, The Human Person

February 6, 2012
Abortion, Conscience Protection, Marriage, Natural Law, Politics, Religion and the Public Square

Personally Opposed, but Sleeping with the Enemy

By Stephen J. Heaney

Personally opposed, but actively supporting…well, it’s complicated.

January 31, 2012
Education & Culture, The Human Person

January 31, 2012
Bioethics, Philosophy

The Importance of Dignity: A Reply to Steven Pinker

By Christopher Kaczor

From its ancient Stoic origins to its modern Kantian formulations, human dignity is an important concept for sound ethical thinking. We must distinguish dignity as attributed, dignity as intrinsic worth, and dignity as flourishing.

January 25, 2012
Education & Culture, Politics & Law, Sexuality & Family, The Human Person

January 25, 2012
Abortion, Marriage, Philosophy, Religion and the Public Square

Keeping Mom, Dad, and Baby: Social Conservatism and the Republican Platform

By Deirdre Cooper

In order to win, do Republicans really need to stop talking about abortion and marriage?

January 24, 2012
The Human Person

January 24, 2012
Abortion, Down Syndrome, Human Dignity, Religion

Disability: A Thread for Weaving Joy

By Charles J. Chaput

While some people resent the imperfection, the inconvenience, and the expense of persons with disabilities, others see in them an invitation to learn how to love deeply without counting the cost. God will demand an accounting. Adapted from remarks delivered at the Cardinal O’Connor Conference on Life.

January 23, 2012
Politics & Law, The Human Person

January 23, 2012
Abortion, Bioethics, Constitutional Law

The Unbearable Wrongness of Roe

By Michael Stokes Paulsen

39 years ago, the Supreme Court delivered a radical, legally untenable, immoral decision. It has forfeited its entitlement to have its decisions respected, and followed, by the other branches of government, by the states, and by the people.

January 13, 2012
Politics & Law, The Human Person

January 13, 2012
Conscience Protection, Constitutional Law, Religion and the Public Square

Hosanna in the Highest!

By Michael Stokes Paulsen

In a recent decision, the Supreme Court has held that the First Amendment provides additional and independent rights to religious organizations, beyond those to which non-religious groups are entitled.

January 11, 2012
The Human Person

January 11, 2012
Bioethics

Purpose, Palliative Care, and Respect for Human Life

By Adam J. MacLeod

Aiding the deliberate destruction of human life has no place in the doctor’s job description.

January 4, 2012
The Human Person

January 4, 2012
Abortion, Bioethics, Book Reviews

A Life of Passion: Progressive Eugenics and Planned Parenthood

By Angela Franks

A new biography of Margaret Sanger fails to confront the Planned Parenthood founder’s ideological commitment to eugenics and population control.

December 1, 2011
Politics & Law, Sexuality & Family, The Human Person

December 1, 2011
Abortion, Book Reviews, Foreign Affairs, Natural Law

The Most Controversial Decision: Challenging Pro-Life Witness

By Christopher O. Tollefsen

The tradition of common morality does not permit us to excuse the atomic bomb as a “necessary” evil.

November 30, 2011
The Human Person

November 30, 2011
Conscience Protection, Healthcare

The Costs of Taking Conscience

By Michael A. Fragoso

The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) and the American Board of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ABOG) are restricting opportunities for health-care professionals to object to abortion and contraception on grounds of conscience. This will accelerate the growing problem of physician shortage.

November 10, 2011
Education & Culture, The Human Person

November 10, 2011
Abortion, Bioethics, Culture, Down Syndrome

The Reckless, Profitable Elimination of Down Syndrome

By Mark W. Leach

A new Down syndrome test raises important questions.

November 9, 2011
Education & Culture, The Human Person

November 9, 2011
Abortion, Bioethics, Culture, Science

Nicholas Kristof and Toddlers: When You Really Need a Fact Checker

By Susan E. Wills

Think overpopulation, poverty, climate change, and abortion can all be solved by more birth control? Think again.

November 8, 2011
Education & Culture, Politics & Law, The Human Person

November 8, 2011
Bioethics, Culture, Religion and the Public Square

Being Human in an Age of Unbelief

By Charles J. Chaput

Four points in defense of human dignity. Adapted from an address delivered last night at the University of Pennsylvania.

October 24, 2011
Education & Culture, Politics & Law, The Human Person

October 24, 2011
Abortion, Constitutional Law, Culture

It’s a Girl

By Michael Stokes Paulsen

The Supreme Court’s abortion jurisprudence appears to protect a right to abortion even for reasons of sex selection. Yet this gruesome reality might provide an opening for a frontal assault on the premises of Roe v. Wade.

October 19, 2011
Business & Economics, The Human Person

October 19, 2011
Conscience Protection, Healthcare

Healthcare, Conscience, and Religious Liberty: A Response to Linda Greenhouse

By Helen Alvaré

New York Times reporter Linda Greenhouse refuses to see the truth about contraception, conscience, and religious liberty.

October 11, 2011
Sexuality & Family, The Human Person

October 11, 2011
Abortion, Marriage

Abortion, Divorce and “Same-Sex Marriage”: No Blood, No Foul?

By Stephen J. Heaney

Political legitimization of “private” sexual and marital choices causes much public harm. We have been personally harmed by the regimes of abortion and easy divorce.

October 10, 2011
Politics & Law, The Human Person

October 10, 2011
Conscience Protection, Constitutional Law, Religion and the Public Square

Religious Liberty and the Ministerial Exception

By Justin Dyer

An upcoming Supreme Court decision might give government, rather than religious organizations, the final say on who counts as a religious minister.

October 7, 2011
The Human Person

October 7, 2011
Abortion, Bioethics, Down Syndrome, Healthcare

Down Syndrome Awareness Makes a Difference

By Mark W. Leach

New research on Down syndrome presents an overwhelmingly positive picture of how Down syndrome can affect individuals and families. These findings need to be shared as they will affect decisions made to accept prenatal testing and following a prenatal diagnosis.

October 3, 2011
Politics & Law, The Human Person

October 3, 2011
2012 Election, Abortion, Constitutional Law, Politics

Reflections of a Questioner: The Palmetto Freedom Forum Revisited

By Robert P. George

The Judiciary doesn’t have the final word on the meaning of the Constitution, and Congress could step in to protect the 14th Amendment rights of the unborn.

September 28, 2011
The Human Person

September 28, 2011
Conscience Protection, Healthcare

Promised Objectivity: Americans Receive Planned Parenthood Ideology

By Arland K. Nichols

The HHS mandate on contraception is based on insufficient research and betrays the committee’s deep pro-contraceptive bias.

September 26, 2011
Politics & Law, The Human Person

September 26, 2011
Abortion, Bioethics, Conscience Protection, Healthcare, Religion and the Public Square

Conscience, Coercion, and Healthcare

By Helen Alvaré, Gerard V. Bradley and O. Carter Snead

A recent rule issued by the Obama administration threatens our nation’s healthcare by attacking the consciences of our nation’s healthcare providers.

September 23, 2011
Politics & Law, The Human Person

September 23, 2011
Foreign Affairs, Islam, Religion and the Public Square

Preventing Another Attack: International Religious Freedom

By Thomas F. Farr

The advancement of international religious freedom is crucial for terrorism’s defeat.

September 21, 2011
The Human Person

September 21, 2011
Abortion

Let’s Talk about Abortion: A Response to Dennis O’Brien

By Christopher Kaczor

Fetal killing imposes a serious bodily harm on an innocent human being. The law should prohibit abortion just as it does other serious harms to the well-being of persons, such as assault, rape, kidnapping, and theft.

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