Changing unjust laws justly pro-life solidarity with "the last and least" /
Harte, Colin, 1965-
Changing unjust laws justly pro-life solidarity with "the last and least" / Colin Harte. - first edition. - Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, (c)2005. - 1 online resource (xvi, 363 pages)
Includes bibliographies and index.
denial of solidarity -- Jurisprudential options revisited -- problem of intrinsically unjust laws -- Good acts by bad acts? -- "special case" consideration -- Avoiding ethical inconsistencies -- Identifying just and unjust proposals -- Voting opportunities -- Evangelium vitae -- overview and conclusion -- UK abortion law prior to the Abortion Act 1967 -- Abortion Act 1967 -- Abortion (Amendment) Bill (January 1988) -- Abortion (Amendment) Bill (May 1988) -- Section 37 of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990.
"Changing Unjust Laws Justly is the first book to address systematically the practical, legal, and ethical problems that are encountered in well-intentioned attempts to restrict abortion. It will be of considerable interest not only to political, legal, and moral philosophers, but also to lawmakers and the pro-life movement generally."--BOOK JACKET.
9780813216096
Abortion--Law and legislation--Great Britain.
Abortion--Moral and ethical aspects--Great Britain.
Abortion--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.
Pro-life movement--Great Britain.
Electronic Books.
KD3340 / .C436 2005
Changing unjust laws justly pro-life solidarity with "the last and least" / Colin Harte. - first edition. - Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, (c)2005. - 1 online resource (xvi, 363 pages)
Includes bibliographies and index.
denial of solidarity -- Jurisprudential options revisited -- problem of intrinsically unjust laws -- Good acts by bad acts? -- "special case" consideration -- Avoiding ethical inconsistencies -- Identifying just and unjust proposals -- Voting opportunities -- Evangelium vitae -- overview and conclusion -- UK abortion law prior to the Abortion Act 1967 -- Abortion Act 1967 -- Abortion (Amendment) Bill (January 1988) -- Abortion (Amendment) Bill (May 1988) -- Section 37 of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990.
"Changing Unjust Laws Justly is the first book to address systematically the practical, legal, and ethical problems that are encountered in well-intentioned attempts to restrict abortion. It will be of considerable interest not only to political, legal, and moral philosophers, but also to lawmakers and the pro-life movement generally."--BOOK JACKET.
9780813216096
Abortion--Law and legislation--Great Britain.
Abortion--Moral and ethical aspects--Great Britain.
Abortion--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.
Pro-life movement--Great Britain.
Electronic Books.
KD3340 / .C436 2005