Saturday, May 20, 2017
Youcat commented through CCC – Question n. 292 – Part II.
(Youcat
answer - repeated) No, we may never deliberately do something evil or tolerate
an evil so that good can result from it. Sometimes there is no other course of
action but to tolerate a lesser evil in order to prevent a greater evil.
A deepening through CCC
(CCC 1759) "An evil action cannot be justified by reference
to a good intention" (cf. St. Thomas Aquinas, Dec. praec. 6). The end does not justify the means. (CCC 1756) It is therefore an error to judge the morality of
human acts by considering only the intention that inspires them or the
circumstances (environment, social pressure, duress or emergency, etc.) which
supply their context. There are acts which, in and of themselves, independently
of circumstances and intentions, are always gravely illicit by reason of their
object; such as blasphemy and perjury, murder and adultery. One may not do evil
so that good may result from it.
Reflecting and meditating
(Youcat comment) The end does not justify the means. It
cannot be right to commit infidelity so as to stabilize one’s marriage. It is
just as wrong to use embryos for stem cell research, even if one could thereby
make medical breakthroughs. It is wrong to try to “help” a rape victim by
aborting her child.
(CCC Comment)
(CCC 1760) A morally
good act requires the goodness of its object, of its end, and of its
circumstances together. (CCC 1761) There are
concrete acts that it is always wrong to choose, because their choice entails a
disorder of the will, i.e., a moral evil. One may not do evil so that good may
result from it.
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