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By Dr. Edward Feser, Catholic World Report, July 13, 2025
Edward Feser is the author of several books on philosophy and morality, including All One in Christ: A Catholic Critique of Racism and Critical Race Theory (Ignatius Press, August 2022), and Five Proofs of the Existence of God and is co-author of By Man Shall His Blood Be Shed: A Catholic Defense of Capital Punishment, both also published by Ignatius Press.
There can be no reasonable disagreement among Catholics about whether abortion and euthanasia should be illegal. But there can be reasonable disagreement about a specific minimum wage law or health coverage for all.
In contemporary debates in Catholic moral theology, a distinction is often drawn between actions that are flatly ruled out in principle and those whose permissibility or impermissibility is a matter of prudential judgment. For example, it is often noted that abortion is wrong always and, in principle, whereas how many immigrants a country ought to allow in and under what conditions are matters of prudential judgment.Related posts
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