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Catholic Social Teaching and Social Justice: Life and Dignity of the Human Person

From the Office for Social Justice St. Paul and Minneapolis

Belief in the inherent dignity of the human person is the foundation of all Catholic social teaching. Human life is sacred, and the dignity of the human person is the starting point for a moral vision for society. This principle is grounded in the idea that the person is made in the image of God. The person is the clearest reflection of God among us. 

Human Life Is Sacred

 

Websites

Books at Schoenecker

Subject Headings for Books

Subject headings are assigned by an indexer and are accurate representations of what the book contains.

Abortion
Assisted Suicide
Bioethics
Capital Punishment
Dignity
Human Rights
Legal Ethics
Life and Death, Power Over
Pregnancy, Unwanted
Respect for Persons
Right to Life
Terminal Care
Unborn Children (Law)

Law Review Articles

Kevin L. Flannery, Capital Punishment and the Law, 5 Ave Maria Law Review 399 (2007).

Richard S. Myers, An Analysis of the Constitutionality of Laws Banning Assisted Suicide From the Perspective of Catholic Moral Teaching, 72 University of Detroit Mercy Law Review 771 (1995)

Kevin O'Rourke, Catholic Teaching in Regard to Two Prominent 'Right to Lofe Issues':  A Historical Theological Study, 11 St. Louis University Public Law Review 425 (1992).

Kevin O'Rourke, Physician Assisted Suicide, A Religious Perspective, 15 St. Louis University Public Law Review 433 (1996).

Frank Pavone, How Law Students and Attorneys Can Help the Pro-Life Movement, 5 Ave Maria Law Review 469 (2007).

Symposium: Catholics and the Death Penalty:  Lawyers, Jurors and Judges, 44 Journal of Catholic Legal Studies (Fall 2005).