Cases which require direct killing of the innocent, as the case where a physician can only save the mother by killing the child, reduce the Catholic Church's position to absurdity, because such a case requires letting both mother and child die.
Cases which require direct killing of the innocent, as the case where a physician can only save the mother by killing the child, reduce the Catholic Church's position to absurdity, because such a case requires letting both mother and child die.
See p. 261. The authors claim there are no such cases, but even if there were, letting someone die is not ethically equivalent to killing him.
Cases which require direct killing of the innocent, as the case where a physician can only save the mother by killing the child, reduce the Catholic Church's position to absurdity, because such a case requires letting both mother and child die.
See p. 261. The authors claim there are no such cases, but even if there were, letting someone die is not ethically equivalent to killing him.