Joseph Cardinal Bernardin, in his famous speech on the «Consistent Ethic of Life» at Fordham in 1983, stated his concurrence with the «classical position» that the State has the right to inflict capital punishment. (firstthings.com)
Running through Christianity is a consistent ethic of respect for human life and dignity, and both parties fail in this regard. (religion.blogs.cnn.com)
Every Catholic teaching, from those pertaining to human sexuality and openness to children; to the affirmation of marriage as a union between a man and a woman and the respect and compassion owed to our gay brothers and sisters; to the intentional reduction of one's carbon footprint and the preferential option for the poor, are the threads which weave together a consistent ethic of life. (firstthings.com)