Church Moral vs Science 教會倫理與科技道德 by 艾立勤神父 (Fr. Lou Aldrich S.J.)

1. Church Moral Wisdom vs. Amoral Technology 教會倫理智慧與科技道德 9/10/2011

4. From theology we know that the greatest truth is Trinity’s love Who is human The dignity, value, mission of humanity Human is the image of God -> dignity, value and the establishment of a lasting and loving relationship with the Trinity -> the mission of humanity. Moral norm coincides with human dignity, value and mission

5. The Trinity’s Love The act of love of the two Persons is undivided Begotten Made Given freely United love Proceeds from mutual love Erotic love attraction

14. Induction Deduction Developed Natural Philosophy, Metaphysics, Ethics Developed Natural Philosophy, Metaphysics, Ethics Developed Natural Philosophy, Metaphysics MORAL TRUTH FROM ST. THOMAS TO TODAY’S MAGISTERIUM Misunderstanding of Truth of Revelation or of Reason God’s Objective (Moral) Truth Truth of Revelation Natural (Moral) Law From St. Thomas to today’s Magisterium, the truth of Revelation and the truth of natural (moral) law should be consistent Intuition

20. Kant Empiricism The Ethic of Utilitarianism and Emotionism The ethical judgment is based upon the categorical imperative. Experiences can only recognize events at a surface level, it cannot arrive at the core of it, thus it cannot come to Natural Philosophy, metaphysics, or ethics Theoretical knowledge can only be gained through reliance on experience.

22. Nietzsche and Existentialism God Human Being 1. The announcement that God is dead, therefore everyone creates one’s own nature. 2. Without God’s creation, human beings have no common nature or desire. 3. Ethics is based upon need. 4. Everyone is the creator of his own values, each has his own subjective ethic, therefore each needs to tolerate others. Will of the Powerful

24. Kant Logical Positivism Empiricism The Ethics of the Emotionism When there is a conflict between science and emotion, science has a higher priority than emotion. Ethics is emotion only. It cannot be verified and is meaningless. Only what has first been verified by experience is real knowledge. Ethical judgment is based upon the categorical imperative.

26. Deconstructionism 1. Denies the commonality among people, emphasizing the existence and the importance of individual differences. 2. Ethics has no objective standard, Metaphysics and natural moral law do not exist. 3. It becomes an ethical requirement that everyone must respect and tolerate moral differences among people.

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41. 人體臨床實驗成果 成體幹細胞 vs. 胚胎幹細胞 73 ： 0 成體幹細胞（ 73 項） 胚胎幹細胞（ 0 項） 癌症： 26 項 ﹍ 自體免疫系統疾病 ： 16 項 心血管疾病： 2 項 眼疾： 1 項 免疫不全： 3 項 神經退化症與傷害： 3 項 貧血與其他血液疾病： 10 項 創傷與損傷： 4 項 其它代謝疾病： 5 項 肝病： 2 項 膀胱病變 ： 1 項

42. 個案研討 ( 二 ): 人工避孕藥

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52. 基督教的 John Updike 見証

54. According to United Nation total fertility rate for the following countries: 聯合國各國生育率資料 : Country 國家 Fertility rate in 2008(birth/woman) 2008 年生育率 ( 出生人口 / 女人 ) Hong Kong 香港 1.00 Singapore 新加坡 1.08 Taiwan 台灣 1.13 Japan 日本 1.22 South Korea 南韓 1.29 Italy 意大利 1.30

55. According to United Nation total fertility rate for the following countries: 聯合國各國生育率資料 : Country 國家 Fertility rate in 2008(birth/woman) 2008 年生育率 ( 出生人口 / 女人 ) Greece 希臘 1.36 Germany 德目 1.41 European Union 歐聯 1.50 Sweden 瑞典 1.67 U.S.A 美國 2.01 Philippines 菲律賓 3.00

57. 複習教會禁止人工避孕的理由

61. 自然家庭計劃不等於避孕