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Which is not a reason that has been given to reject Humanae Vitae?
{ 1 } - Humanae Vitae's rejection of contraception as intrinsically evil is based on "physicalism" or "biologism."
{ 2 } - Just as a mature person cannot reasonably perform acts of masturbation as if these really satisfied the true meaning of human sexuality, neither can married persons perform acts of mutual masturbation as if these really expressed the true meaning of sexual love.
{ 3 } - Paul VI rejected the reasoning of the majority report out of concern to defend papal authority.
{ 4 } - Since it is based on natural law reasoning rather than on Scriptures, the Church, whose authority concerns matters of faith and not reason, has no right to settle such a question.
{ 5 } - Humanae Vitae did not remain true to the "spirit" of Vatican II in that the latter holds that sexual conduct should be morally evaluated on the basis of "man's person and his acts" while the former evaluates on the traditional basis of "marriage and its acts."
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Which is not a reason that has been given to reject Humanae Vitae?
{ 1 } - Humanae Vitae's rejection of contraception as intrinsically evil is based on "physicalism" or "biologism."
{ 2 } - Just as a mature person cannot reasonably perform acts of masturbation as if these really satisfied the true meaning of human sexuality, neither can married persons perform acts of mutual masturbation as if these really expressed the true meaning of sexual love.
{ 3 } - Paul VI rejected the reasoning of the majority report out of concern to defend papal authority.
{ 4 } - Since it is based on natural law reasoning rather than on Scriptures, the Church, whose authority concerns matters of faith and not reason, has no right to settle such a question.
{ 5 } - Humanae Vitae did not remain true to the "spirit" of Vatican II in that the latter holds that sexual conduct should be morally evaluated on the basis of "man's person and his acts" while the former evaluates on the traditional basis of "marriage and its acts."
On the contrary, Humanae Vitae stresses that the human meaning, not merely the physical facticity of the sexual act, is primary. See p. 279.
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Which is not a reason that has been given to reject Humanae Vitae?
{ 1 } - Humanae Vitae's rejection of contraception as intrinsically evil is based on "physicalism" or "biologism."
{ 2 } - Just as a mature person cannot reasonably perform acts of masturbation as if these really satisfied the true meaning of human sexuality, neither can married persons perform acts of mutual masturbation as if these really expressed the true meaning of sexual love.
{ 3 } - Paul VI rejected the reasoning of the majority report out of concern to defend papal authority.
{ 4 } - Since it is based on natural law reasoning rather than on Scriptures, the Church, whose authority concerns matters of faith and not reason, has no right to settle such a question.
{ 5 } - Humanae Vitae did not remain true to the "spirit" of Vatican II in that the latter holds that sexual conduct should be morally evaluated on the basis of "man's person and his acts" while the former evaluates on the traditional basis of "marriage and its acts."
This position argues for the meaning of the sexual act, and thus supports Humanae Vitae rather than rejects it. See p. 279.
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Which is not a reason that has been given to reject Humanae Vitae?
{ 1 } - Humanae Vitae's rejection of contraception as intrinsically evil is based on "physicalism" or "biologism."
{ 2 } - Just as a mature person cannot reasonably perform acts of masturbation as if these really satisfied the true meaning of human sexuality, neither can married persons perform acts of mutual masturbation as if these really expressed the true meaning of sexual love.
{ 3 } - Paul VI rejected the reasoning of the majority report out of concern to defend papal authority.
{ 4 } - Since it is based on natural law reasoning rather than on Scriptures, the Church, whose authority concerns matters of faith and not reason, has no right to settle such a question.
{ 5 } - Humanae Vitae did not remain true to the "spirit" of Vatican II in that the latter holds that sexual conduct should be morally evaluated on the basis of "man's person and his acts" while the former evaluates on the traditional basis of "marriage and its acts."
It is more likely that he realized that to accept the majority report was to accept proportionalism. See p. 278.
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Which is not a reason that has been given to reject Humanae Vitae?
{ 1 } - Humanae Vitae's rejection of contraception as intrinsically evil is based on "physicalism" or "biologism."
{ 2 } - Just as a mature person cannot reasonably perform acts of masturbation as if these really satisfied the true meaning of human sexuality, neither can married persons perform acts of mutual masturbation as if these really expressed the true meaning of sexual love.
{ 3 } - Paul VI rejected the reasoning of the majority report out of concern to defend papal authority.
{ 4 } - Since it is based on natural law reasoning rather than on Scriptures, the Church, whose authority concerns matters of faith and not reason, has no right to settle such a question.
{ 5 } - Humanae Vitae did not remain true to the "spirit" of Vatican II in that the latter holds that sexual conduct should be morally evaluated on the basis of "man's person and his acts" while the former evaluates on the traditional basis of "marriage and its acts."
The Church does not oppose faith and reason, and claims to have authority to interpret the natural law. See p. 278.
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Which is not a reason that has been given to reject Humanae Vitae?
{ 1 } - Humanae Vitae's rejection of contraception as intrinsically evil is based on "physicalism" or "biologism."
{ 2 } - Just as a mature person cannot reasonably perform acts of masturbation as if these really satisfied the true meaning of human sexuality, neither can married persons perform acts of mutual masturbation as if these really expressed the true meaning of sexual love.
{ 3 } - Paul VI rejected the reasoning of the majority report out of concern to defend papal authority.
{ 4 } - Since it is based on natural law reasoning rather than on Scriptures, the Church, whose authority concerns matters of faith and not reason, has no right to settle such a question.
{ 5 } - Humanae Vitae did not remain true to the "spirit" of Vatican II in that the latter holds that sexual conduct should be morally evaluated on the basis of "man's person and his acts" while the former evaluates on the traditional basis of "marriage and its acts."
In Humanae Vitae Paul VI attempted to treat the question of the person and his acts as the basis of moral evaluation of sexual conduct, and it is not evident that HV and Vatican II have different views of the nature of the person and his acts. See p. 280.
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