The first of these is the basic right to life. Human life is sacred and inviolable from conception to its natural end. "Thou shalt not kill" is the divine commandment which states tha limit beyond which it is never licit to go. "The deliberate decision to deprive an innocent human being of life is always morally evil"
The right to life is inviolabe. This nvolves a postive choice, a choice for life. The development of a culture of this kind embraces all the circumstances of life and ensures the promotion of human dignity in every situation. A genuine culture of life, just as it guarantees to the unborn the right to come into the world, in the same way it protects the newly born, esepcially girls, from the crime of infanticide. Equally, it assures the handicapped that they can fully develop their capacities, and ensures adequate care for the sick and the elderly.
No comments:
Post a Comment