Part 14: The Death of a Child
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There Is No Absolute Right to Privacy.
C.S. Lewis, in his book Mere Christianity , (EN 37) states that ethical conduct depends on three conditions being satisfied: that my inner state be ordered around right conduct, that my relationships with others be in harmony with principles of right conduct, and finally, that my culture have a unified sense of purpose supported by right conduct. When an individual, a society, or a culture deviate from these “right principles” created in God’s design for human life, there will be discord and misery. Lewis uses the illustration of ships in a fleet. If an individual ship developed internal guidance problems, it would be lost. On the other hand, if each ship in the fleet had no sense of being in formation and followed its own route, there would be multiple collisions and chaos. Finally, even if the ships were in formation, but the direction of the fleet was toward a wrong destination, every ship would eventually suffer. Regarding abortion, we must ask: what are the long-term consequences of abortion on our culture, and each individual human life within it?
