Consistent Ethic of Life: Joseph Cardinal Bernardin

by Thomas G. Fuechtmann and Joseph Cardinal Bernardin

Book Overview

Contributing theologians and social scientists reflect on Joseph Cardinal BernardinOs major addresses on the consistent ethic of life.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1556121202
• ISBN13: 9781556121203
• Release Date: June 1988
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

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I don't normally write reviews, but the lack of information provided for this book coupled with the fact that it comes up with a one star rating courtesy of that user who has not, in fact, read it, has spurred me to do so. This presents a collection of Cardinal Bernardin's lectures on the idea of a consistent ethic of life and also includes the papers presented by John C. Finnis, James M. Gustafson, J. Bryan Hehir and Richard A. McCormick, S.J. at the Consistent Ethic of Life symposium that was hosted by Loyola and the Archdiocese of Chicago in 1987. Subjects that are dealt with include both those concerning threats to life itself such as abortion, war, capital punishment and euthanasia, as well as threats to quality of life such as poverty, health care and pornography. The Cardinal binds these issues together with the notion that life is both sacred and social, and bases his arguments on the inviolability of human dignity.