Human Dignity
According to Genesis 1:27, every human being is created in whose image and likeness?
God's
According to Catholic teaching, human life must be protected beginning at this moment.
Conception
This dangerous medical condition occurs when an embryo implants outside the uterus.
Ectopic Pregnancy
This reproductive technology involves fertilizing an egg outside the woman's body.
IVF
Catholic teaching calls for the protection of human life from conception until this point.
Natural Death
This biblical book teaches that human beings are created in God's image and likeness.
Genesis
This form of abortion typically involves the use of mifepristone and misoprostol.
Medical Abortion
This moral principle helps explain why a medical treatment with an unintended harmful consequence may sometimes be permitted.
Principle of Double Effect
The Church supports research using these cells, which can be obtained without destroying human embryos.
Adult Stem Cell Research
This form of injustice denies the equal dignity of people based on their race.
This foundational principle of Catholic Social Teaching establishes that every human life has inherent worth.
Life and Dignity of the Human Person
This form of abortion typically involves the use of mifepristone and misoprostol.
Miscarriage
According to Catholic moral teaching, even a potentially beneficial outcome cannot justify an action that is intrinsically this.
What is evil (or immoral)?
This reproductive technology produces a genetically identical copy of an organism.
Cloning
This end-of-life practice involves intentionally causing death to eliminate suffering and is opposed by the Church.
Euthanasia
This central Christian mystery demonstrates that human beings are created for relationships and community.
The Trinity
The Church teaches that abortion is morally wrong because it involves the intentional taking of this type of human life.
Innocent Life
In Catholic moral reasoning, this refers to the purpose or goal someone hopes to accomplish through an action.
Intention
The Church opposes creating genetically selected children with preferred characteristics, commonly referred to by this two-word term.
Designer Babies
Catholic Social Teaching insists that protecting human dignity requires not only avoiding evil but also actively promoting this.
The Common Good
Unlike dignity based on achievements, wealth, or social status, this type of dignity belongs to every person simply because they are human.
Inherent Dignity
The Church argues that poverty, isolation, and social pressure can contribute to abortion, demonstrating the need for this type of support rather than condemnation.
Compassionate Support
A person performs a morally wrong action with the sincere intention of helping others. According to Catholic teaching, this alone cannot make the action morally acceptable.
Good Intention
In Catholic teaching, scientific advancements must always respect these two standards, even when discoveries could benefit society.
Moral Law and Human Dignity
A student believes that being a good Catholic only requires avoiding personal wrongdoing. Catholic Social Teaching challenges this view by requiring Christians to actively pursue this.
Justice