Vaccines have been one of the most controversial public issues in Catholic bioethics in the past few years. It has been established that in most cases, there is an individual moral obligation to get recommended vaccines. However, this leaves open […]
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Vaccines Have Some Risk, But It’s a Reasonable Risk
I wrote a letter to the editor about an article that noted that Catholics have a duty to vaccinate for the common good. This is important as some Catholics falsely claim Catholics should skip vaccines or that vaccine mandates are […]
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A Catholic Religious Exemption for Being Muslim?
We need to distinguish between religious and conscience exceptions. They have been confused in the debate about exemptions from vaccine requirements. I think even a brief examination would find this equivocation faulty. This argument is that due to Catholic teaching […]
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Bridgeport: The Best Vaccine Mandate Instruction Yet
On Patheos, I noted this diocese did a good job. Various dioceses have issued statements about vaccine mandates that seem contradictory. I think many of the others have missed one side or the other of a two-part reality. First, the […]
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Imprudence & Imprecision on Vaccines & Mandates
I addressed this issue over on Patheos. On August 5, the Bishops of Colorado issued a statement that although not technically wrong, was imprecise in ways that can easily mislead an average reader. I think these wordings are imprudent. Although it is […]
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