Making Sense of Bioethics: Column 183: Is Mandating a COVID-19 Vaccine Ethical?

Coercion through a universal vaccine mandate raises ethical concerns, especially when appropriate exemptions are unavailable.

Rev. Tadeusz Pacholczyk, PhD—Director of EducationSeptember 30, 2020COVID-19, Vaccines and Vaccination, Conscience and Civil Liberties

Making Sense of Bioethics: Column 148: When Is It a Sin to Make a Referral?

Among medical professionals, situations can arise in which they may be tempted to make a referral for an immoral procedure, supposing that because they are not doing the procedure themselves, they are now morally ‘in the clear.

Rev. Tadeusz Pacholczyk, PhD—Director of EducationOctober 30, 2017Cooperation in Evil, Law and Ethics, Conscience and Civil Liberties

Making Sense of Bioethics: Column 123: Jailed for Defending Marriage

Even so, various commentators have tried to insist that Ms. Davis was elected to serve as a government official, and should carry out the provisions of the law even if she might not agree with them. But this argument is flawed on at least four counts.

Rev. Tadeusz Pacholczyk, PhD—Director of EducationSeptember 30, 2015Homosexuality and Gay Marriage, Marriage, Imposing Our Beliefs, Conscience and Civil Liberties

Making Sense of Bioethics: Column 097: Is It Wrong for Me Now to Buy Health Insurance?

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Rev. Tadeusz Pacholczyk, PhD—Director of EducationJuly 30, 2013Cooperation in Evil, Conscience and Civil Liberties

Making Sense of Bioethics: Column 081: Federal Mandates and the Crushing of Religious Freedom

Critics of every persuasion quickly condemned the HHS mandate as a particularly egregious violation both of religious freedom and the rights of conscience.

Rev. Tadeusz Pacholczyk, PhD—Director of EducationMarch 30, 2012Conscience and Civil Liberties

Making Sense of Bioethics: Column 070: The Courage to Refuse to Cooperate in Evil

Some helpful ‘principles of cooperation’ have been developed over the centuries in the Catholic moral tradition as a way of discerning how properly to avoid, limit, or distance ourselves from evil, especially intrinsically evil actions.

Rev. Tadeusz Pacholczyk, PhD—Director of EducationApril 30, 2011Cooperation in Evil, Conscience and Civil Liberties

Making Sense of Bioethics: Column 032: When Ideology Corrupts Science and Medicine

Codes of medical ethics like the Hippocratic Oath, the Nuremberg Code, and the Declaration of Helsinki came into existence after various misguided ideologies gained a foothold, or after the medical establishment suffered a core meltdown, allowing doctors and researchers to participate in crimes against humanity.

Rev. Tadeusz Pacholczyk, PhD—Director of EducationFebruary 29, 2008Medical Profession — Ethics and Pastoral-Spiritual, Science and Religion, Abortion, Conscience, Conscience and Civil Liberties

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