By permitting killing in self-defense, and in the punishiment of criminals, the Catholic Church contradicts its own teaching that direct killing of innocent human beings can never be ethically justifiable.
By permitting killing in self-defense, and in the punishiment of criminals, the Catholic Church contradicts its own teaching that direct killing of innocent human beings can never be ethically justifiable.
See p. 261. Aggressors who attack others' right to life are not innocent, and forfeit their own right to life.
By permitting killing in self-defense, and in the punishiment of criminals, the Catholic Church contradicts its own teaching that direct killing of innocent human beings can never be ethically justifiable.
See p. 261. Aggressors who attack others' right to life are not innocent, and forfeit their own right to life.