MORAL
Circumstances cannot make an intrinsically evil act good
Summary
Catholic moral theology evaluates human acts by object, intention, and circumstances. A good intention or difficult circumstance cannot make good an act whose object is intrinsically evil. Circumstances may increase or diminish culpability, but they do not reverse the moral species of such an act.
The exact theological classification and certainty vocabulary are provisional and require qualified theological review.
Sources
CCC 1755-1756
Object, intention, and circumstances; intrinsically disordered acts.
Veritatis Splendor 80-82
John Paul II on intrinsically evil acts and the insufficiency of circumstances to justify them.
Source fidelity
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Draft follows CCC 1755-1756 and Veritatis Splendor 80-82 on intrinsically evil acts.
- Theological review pending.
- Classification vocabulary is provisional.
Understanding the Teaching
Founding spine object for the eval on whether good circumstances can make an intrinsically evil act good. Draft; theological review pending.
Related Context
Provenance
- Review state
- DRAFT — THEOLOGICAL REVIEW PENDING
- Reviewer
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- Review date
- Pending
- Canonical file
- context/moral/intrinsic-evil-circumstances.yaml ↗
- Revision history
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