Sure—and it can feel condescending to have someone tell you about the history of distinguishing between act and omission when you’ve got a PhD from Chicago in religion. And I agree that Twitter can be tough. But 1/2
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Twitter is also public. Modeling a civil, intelligent debate about an important topic is s social good, and I think we can do that here. I know I’m up for it. 2/2
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Replying to @wrdcsc @DrJenGunter
I don’t see how this involves differences in priors. I’m assuming your priors (sex deliberately undertaken with procreation thwarted is unethical; intentionally preventing implantation is unethical) and showing they are problematic. But I won’t twist your arm...
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Replying to @wrdcsc @DrJenGunter
I argued that breastfeeding rather than formula feeding, undertaken with the knowledge that it is likely to prevent implantation, is unethical for someone with your priors. Sorry if that wasn’t clear.
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(Unrelated to the question of natural family planning, and that question was posed as an attack on the logic of Catholic sexual ethics more generally. I understand how you would see it as hostile, and I apologize for leading with it, though I do still believe it’s problematic.)
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Here's an ethical question Alan, is it possible to debate the ethics of an activity when 98% of adherents violate their own standards? Doesn't this become a "the crimes of all are the crimes of none" kind of problem?
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Replying to @MarkHoofnagle @AlanLevinovitz and
I don't see how they can say that their discussion is "serious" when it evades this data - no one is compliant with their proposed ethical standard. It's either too onerous, or held in contempt by their own followers. https://www.guttmacher.org/article/2012/02/guttmacher-statistic-catholic-womens-contraceptive-use …
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Yup. Catholics have basically overwhelmingly ignored Church teaching on contraception since long before I ever had sex. When I was in Catholic high school, I don't even think the priests and nuns who taught us really believed the teaching. That was the late 1970s.
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