Sentences with phrase «consistent ethic»

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.

Running through Christianity is a consistent ethic of respect for human life and dignity, and both parties fail in this regard.

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.

Although Cardinal Bernardin advocated what he called a «consistent ethic of life,» he made it clear that capital punishment should not be equated with the crimes of abortion, euthanasia, and suicide.

This was a major point in Cardinal Bernardin's speeches and articles on what he called a «consistent ethic of life.»

To many who have grown up in the Catholic church, like Danielle L. Vermeer, that's part of the church's «consistent ethic of life,» going back to the American - Catholic dialogue written in 1983 by Joseph Cardinal Bernardin, archbishop of Chicago.

The first of them, dealing with miscarriages of justice, is relatively strong; the second and third, dealing with vindictiveness and with the consistent ethic of life, have some probable force.

They go on to say, «Nor have we seen a political platform with a consistent ethic of life — and by that we mean not simply being pro-birth but being pro-life, and recognizing that life doesn't begin at conception and end at birth.»

In his now - famous address at Fordham University, Joseph Cardinal Bernardin, the late archbishop of Chicago argued that «the pro-life position of the Church must be developed in terms of a comprehensive and consistent ethic of life.»

Although dealing also with questions such as economics and foreign policy, the addresses focus on the «consistent ethic of life» theme that he first set forth in 1983.

From Kevin: The head of your organization coined the phrase «consistent ethic of life» to describe his position on abortion and other issues, such as the death penalty.

Crucial here is what might be called a metaphor shift, from «seamless garment» and an abstract «consistent ethic» to the house of human dignity whose foundation is the right to life.

Many pro-life advocates have moved the social - service approach to embrace the «consistent ethic» or «seamless garment» position.

In recent days this sentiment has been echoed by many who apparently prefer to remain aloof from the controversy while implicitly appealing to the late Joseph Cardinal Bernardin's Seamless Garment, which attempted to create a consistent ethic placing abortion within a larger web of concerns, including capital punishment, warfare and poverty.