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Originally Posted by Drolefille
Unless you're at a Catholic hospital I suppose. It is all playing the word games, but you're enacting a treatment - surgical - that happens to terminate the pregnancy vs terminating the pregnancy directly.
Semantics? yes. But it fits their world view.
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Right. It goes to the intent. In this case, it's semantics that reflect a philosophy that goes back at least to Thomas Aquinas.
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Originally Posted by Drolefille
I am however pondering the concept of Just War which the church supports and how it relates.
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Dekeguy may know more, but I think it's the principle of double effect on a large scale, though I know there are specific considerations for whether a war is "just" or not.
Sometimes war is necessary to protect the innocent, defend freedom or fight evil. WWII makes a great example. One does not wage a just war with the intent of killing others, although that clearly will be an inevitable result. The intent is defending freedom/the innocent/"good."