I recently posted a longer, denser version of this argument in the National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly. I recommend anyone who is a theologian or bioethicist to read it there. This article will try to explain why preventative medicine can be […]
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Showing How Preventative Medicine Can Be Ordinary Means
I thought it was fairly obvious that preventative measures can be ordinary means, but Daniel O’Connor tried to make the argument online to the contrary. This will include all his original post, and some back and forth. I’ll cover my […]
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A Stronger Moral Obligation to Vaccinate (National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly)
Back in December, I published a summary of an academic article from the National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly on why COVID vaccines were ordinary means. Not only did I summarize it, but after communicating briefly with one of the authors, I […]
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COVID Vaccines Are Ordinary Means & Thus Morally Obligatory (National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly)
Back in the spring, I posted two pieces in a series. In one, I argued that by a usual definition of “ordinary means,” widely (almost universally) recommended vaccines, including COVID vaccines, are ordinary means. In the second, I posted snippets […]
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The Duty to Vaccinate in Catholic Social Teaching (2/2)
On Wednesday, I wrote about some moral theology principles on vaccines. I showed several points. Diseases are physical evils and vaccines thus relate to the most fundamental principles of moral theology. Vaccines are ordinary means so have a general obligation. […]
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Are Vaccines Ordinary or Extraordinary Care? (1/2)
Are vaccines ordinary or extraordinary care according to Catholic bioethics? Is vaccinating or not the default for Catholics?
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