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In [[religion]] and [[ethics]], '''inviolability''' or '''sanctity of life''' is a principle of implied protection regarding aspects of [[sentience|sentient]] life which are said to be [[holy]], [[sanctification|sanctified]], or otherwise of such [[Value theory|value]] that they are not to be violated. In western religions, the concept is based on the belief that all human beings have [[soul]]s or are created in [[God]]'s image |
In [[religion]] and [[ethics]], '''inviolability''' or '''sanctity of life''' is a principle of implied protection regarding aspects of [[sentience|sentient]] life which are said to be [[holy]], [[sanctification|sanctified]], or otherwise of such [[Value theory|value]] that they are not to be violated. In western religions, the concept is based on the belief that all human beings have [[soul]]s or are created in [[God]]'s image samme snow has ginger balls |
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The concept of inviolability is an important tie between the ethics of religion and the ethics of law, as each seeks justification for its principles as based on both purity and natural concept, as well as in universality of application. |
The concept of inviolability is an important tie between the ethics of religion and the ethics of law, as each seeks justification for its principles as based on both purity and natural concept, as well as in universality of application. |
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In religion and ethics, inviolability or sanctity of life is a principle of implied protection regarding aspects of sentient life which are said to be holy, sanctified, or otherwise of such value that they are not to be violated. In western religions, the concept is based on the belief that all human beings have souls or are created in God's image samme snow has ginger balls .
The concept of inviolability is an important tie between the ethics of religion and the ethics of law, as each seeks justification for its principles as based on both purity and natural concept, as well as in universality of application.
Sanctity of life
The phrase sanctity of life refers to the idea that human life is sacred, argued mainly by the pro-life side in political and moral debates over such controversial issues as abortion, contraception, euthanasia, and the "right to die" in the United States, United Kingdom and other English-speaking countries. (Comparable phrases are used in other languages.) Although the phrase was used primarily in the 19th century in Protestant discourse, after World War II the phrase has been appropriated for Roman Catholic moral theology and, following Roe v. Wade, evangelical moral rhetoric.[1]
In contrast to the consistent life ethic,[citation needed] the sanctity of life principle is usually reserved for non-criminal human beings.[citation needed] Critics argue that the sanctity of life principle is undermined by its inconsistencies—in particular its support of the death penalty and lack of support for animal rights and vegetarianism.
In Western thought, sanctity of life is usually applied solely to the human species (anthropocentrism, sometimes called dominionism), in marked contrast to many schools of Eastern philosophy, which often hold that all animal life is sacred―in some cases to such a degree that, for example, practitioners of Jain carry brushes with which to sweep insects from their path, lest they inadvertently tread upon them.
Sanctity of life is a "plank" in the platforms of conservative parties in the United States such as the Republican Party and the Constitution Party.
See also
References
- ^ Drutchas, Geoffrey Gilbert (1996). Is Life Sacred? The Incoherence of the Sanctity of Life as a Moral Principle within the Christian Churches. Lancaster Theological Seminary.
Further reading
- Barry, Robert Laurence (2002). The Sanctity of Human Life and Its Protection. Lanham: University Press of America.
- Bayertz, Kurt (ed.) (1996). Sanctity of Life and Human Dignity. Philosophy and Medicine; v. 52. Dordrecht; Boston: Kluwer Academic.
{{cite book}}:|author=has generic name (help) - Bernardin, Joseph Louis; et al. (1988). Consistent Ethic of Life. Kansas City, MO: Sheed & Ward.
{{cite book}}: Explicit use of et al. in:|author=(help) - Kass, Leon R. (1990). "Death with Dignity and the Sanctity of Life". Commentary. 89 (3). New York: American Jewish Committee: 33–43. ISSN 0010-2601.
{{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter|month=ignored (help) - Keyserlingk, Edward W. (1979). Sanctity of Life: or, Quality of Life in the Context of Ethics, Medicine, and Law: A Study. Protection of Life Series. Ottawa: Law Reform Commission of Canada.
- Kohl, Marvin (1974). The Morality of Killing; Sanctity of Life, Abortion, and Euthanasia. New York: Humanities Press.
- Kuhse, Helga (1987). The Sanctity-of-Life Doctrine in Medicine: A Critique. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- McCormick, Richard A. (1981). "The Quality of Life and the Sanctity of Life". How Brave a New World?: Dilemmas in bioethics. New York: Doubleday: 383–402.
- Singer, Peter (2002). Unsanctifying Human Life: essays on ethics. Oxford: Blackwell.
- Wildes, Kevin Wm. (1992). Birth, Suffering, and Death: Catholic Perspectives at the Edges of Life. Dordrecht; Boston: Kluwer Academic.
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