Sunday, December 31, 2017
Youcat commented through CCC – Question n. 379 – Part IV.
(Youcat
answer - repeated) Murder and acting as an accomplice to murder are forbidden.
Killing unarmed civilians during a war is forbidden. The abortion of a human
being, from the moment of conception on, is forbidden. Suicide,
self-mutilation, and self-destructive behavior are forbidden. Euthanasia — killing the handicapped, the sick,
and the dying — is also forbidden.
A deepening through CCC
(CCC 2273
a) The inalienable right to life of every innocent human individual is a constitutive element of a civil society and
its legislation: "The inalienable rights of the person must be
recognized and respected by civil society and the political authority. These
human rights depend neither on single individuals nor on parents; nor do they
represent a concession made by society and the state; they belong to human
nature and are inherent in the person by virtue of the creative act from which
the person took his origin. Among such fundamental rights one should mention in
this regard every human being's right to life and physical integrity from the
moment of conception until death" (CDF, Donum vitae III).
Reflecting and meditating
(Youcat comment) Today people often try to get around the
Fifth Commandment with seemingly humane arguments. But neither euthanasia nor
abortion is a humane solution. That is why the Church is perfectly clear on
these questions. Whoever participates in an abortion, forces a woman to undergo
an abortion, or merely advises her to do so is automatically excommunicated
just as with other crimes against human life. If a psychologically ill person
commits suicide, responsibility for the act of killing is often diminished and
in many cases completely annulled.
(CCC Comment)
(CCC 2273
b) "The moment a positive law deprives a category of human beings of the
protection which civil legislation ought to accord them, the state is denying
the equality of all before the law. When the state does not place its power at
the service of the rights of each citizen, and in particular of the more
vulnerable, the very foundations of a state based on law are undermined.... As
a consequence of the respect and protection which must be ensured for the unborn
child from the moment of conception, the law must provide appropriate penal
sanctions for every deliberate violation of the child's rights" (CDF, Donum vitae III).
(This question: What sorts of attacks on human life are forbidden by the
Fifth Commandment? is continued)
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