What is Consistent life ethic?
The '''consistent life ethic''' is also known as the '''consistent ethic of life'''. It opposes [[abortion]], [[capital punishment]], [[assisted suicide]], [[euthanasia]], and [[war]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Worthen|first=Molly|date=2012-09-15|title=Opinion {{!}} The Power of Political Communion (Published 2012)|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/16/opinion/sunday/catholics-and-the-power-of-political-communion.html|access-date=2021-01-27|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Some people who follow this are only opposed to unjust war, and some are full [[Pacifism|pacifists]]. The term was made popular in [[1983]] by [[Joseph Bernardin]], a [[Catholicism|Catholic]] [[Cardinal (Catholicism)|Cardinal]]. The ideology is based on all life being important, and that it should be protected by [[law]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last=BERNARDIN|first=JOSEPH CARDINAL|date=October 1984|title=A Consistent Ethic of Life: An American-Catholic Dialogue|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/j.2161-007x.1984.tb00599.x|journal=Counseling and Values|volume=29|issue=1|pages=6–14|doi=10.1002/j.2161-007x.1984.tb00599.x|issn=0160-7960}}</ref> == Related pages == * [[Pro-life]] * [[Life]] * [[Natalism]] == References == {{reflist}} == Other websites == * [http://www.consistent-life.org/ Consistent Life Network] [[Category:Philosophy]] [[Category:Religion]] {{Stub}}