Changing Unjust Laws Justly: Pro-Life Solidarity with "The Last and Least" (9780813214061): Colin Harte

Changing Unjust Laws Justly: Pro-Life Solidarity with "The Last and Least"

by Colin Harte

Catholic University of America Press, 2005
Cloth: 978-0-8132-1406-1 | eISBN: 978-0-8132-1609-6
Library of Congress Classification KD3340.H37 2005
Dewey Decimal Classification 342.41084

ABOUT THIS BOOK | TOC

ABOUT THIS BOOK
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.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CONTENTS
Preface
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Introduction
PART I: PRACTICAL REALITIES OF RESTRICTING ABORTION
1. A Denial of Solidarity
General features of abortion laws,
Legislative campaigns to prohibit late abortions,
Campaigning to stop 'abortion on demand,'
The exclusion of disabled children as a paradigm of the denial of solidarity,
Exclusions or solidarity?
PART II: A QUESTION OF LAW
2. The Jurisprudential Options on Abortion Revisited
The three basic jurisprudential options,
The seven jurisprudential options,
Legal 'permission' and legal 'toleration,'

3. The Problem of Intrinsically Unjust Laws
Law: justness and unjustness,
Responding to intrinsically unjust laws,
PART III: ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS
4. Good acts by bad Acts?
Material cooperation and side effects,
Intentions and consequences,
Veritatis splendor, n. 78, on the moral object,
An analysis of voting,
5. A 'Special Case' Consideration
The concept of 'anti-abortion politics',
'Corrupted' systems and oath-swearing,
The context of the restrictive law,
A different kind of 'special case',
A return to the 'object',
Form and matter,
6. Avoiding Ethical Inconsistencies
The lesser evil,
The principle of totality,
The law of gradualness,
PART IV: LEGISLATIVE MATTERS
7. Identifying Just and Unjust Proposals
Primary and secondary aspects of abortion laws,
A typical Abortion Act,
A range of legislative proposals,
A consideration of side effects,

8. Voting Opportunities
The Unborn Children (Protection) Bill 1980,
The Unborn Children (Protection) Bill 1982,
The Abortion Bill 1986,
The Abortion (Amendment) Bill 1992,
The Abortion (Amendment) Bill 1995,
The Human Embryo (Protection) Bill 2000,
Voting opportunities: a summary,
PART V: MAGISTERIAL TEACHING AND A CONCLUSION
9. Evangelium Vitae
Reading Evangelium vitae, nn. 73 and 90, in context,
Understanding Evangelium vitae, n. 73,
Questions posed by Evangelium vitae, n. 73,
Evangelium vitae, n. 90,
Authoritative clarifications of Evangelium vitae, n. 73,
10. An Overview and Conclusion

APPENDICES
A. The U.K. Abortion Law Prior to the Abortion Act 1967
. B. Abortion Act 1967
C. Abortion (Amendment) Bill (January 1988)
D. Abortion (Amendment) Bill (May 1988)
E. Section 37 of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990
Bibliography
Index

Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication: Abortion Law and legislation Great Britain, Abortion Moral and ethical aspects Great Britain, Abortion Religious aspects Catholic Church, Pro-life movement Great Britain

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