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by Helen M. Alvaré, J.D., Senior Fellow in Law
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Every presidential administration in Washington DC does some things that appear stupid in hindsight. It gets caught up in the moment, pandering to this or that political constituency, or reacting too precipitously to some big or newsworthy event. In our 24-hour-news-cycle world, and especially if we’re sophisticated news consumers, we simply discount the importance of poor presidential decisions and move on, even as we might grow incrementally more cynical over time about government in general.
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12/22/2009
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In a previous essay I presented and criticized the consequentialist
understanding of human acts central to the culture of death. Here I
will set forth the true understanding of human acts central to the
culture of life. This understanding, fully compatible with Christian
faith, is also philosophically sound; it is the meaning of human acts
undergirding “natural law.”
In a country where population control efforts exhort male sterilization, compensation for loss of manhood is equated to guns. “Today’s Solutions are Tomorrow’s Problems”…and not a woman around to help.
