Consistent Ethic of Life

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The consistent ethic of life could have little or no meaning to many people. To the Catholic Church it holds immense meaning. In Bernardin’s “The Consistent Ethic of Life” he demonstrates the greatest and importance of the human life. His two principles that support his consistent ethic are that the human life is both sacred and social. Human life is sacred and should be protected from the time of birth till death. Human life is social in the sense that it should be protected by the people, for example the law. If there is any way to save a life or prolong life it should be taken. Human life is sacred. All human life from the beginning is created by God. This results in all life being sacred, from the time of birth until death. “In an age when we can do almost anything, how do we decide what we should do? In a time when we can do almost anything technologically, how do we decide morally or ethically what we should not do?” (Bernardin P.134) This plays into abortion and euthanasia, both of which are always considered wrong. Abortion would be considered unethical and wrong since it would be killing a creation by God. By going on with abortions and euthanasia we consider life “cheap” which then would not make life sacred. A human being is a human being from the moment of conception. The taking of any human life, which is sacred, is wrong. With euthanasia, whatever measures that can be taken to prolong the life should be taken. If there is any way to avoid taking a life it should be taken. Human life is also social. In the social part of the ethical life it talks about how every one’s life has worth. In our society we should be looking at everyone in the world as having the same amount of worth as everyone else has. If we do this we will better have a greater knowledge of the people around you. Part of the social is that the Christian church talks about solidarity
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