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Modern Human Rights vs. Catholicism: When “Rights” Become Wrongs

Modern liberalism has redefined "human rights" to include things that Catholic teaching considers grave moral wrongs, abortion chief among them. Frank Wright examines the difference between the modern liberal conception of rights and the Catholic understanding of natural rights rooted in St.

Modern Human Rights vs. Catholicism: When “Rights” Become Wrongs

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Modern liberalism has redefined "human rights" to include things that Catholic teaching considers grave moral wrongs, abortion chief among them.

Frank Wright examines the difference between the modern liberal conception of rights and the Catholic understanding of natural rights rooted in St.

The evidence is everywhere: the "right" to abortion, the "right" to gender transition, and now attempts to extend human-rights concepts to artificial intelligence.

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Modern liberalism has redefined "human rights" to include things that Catholic teaching considers grave moral wrongs, abortion chief among them. Frank Wright examines the difference between the modern liberal conception of rights and the Catholic understanding of natural rights rooted in St. The evidence is everywhere: the "right" to abortion, the "right" to gender transition, and now attempts to extend human-rights concepts to artificial intelligence.

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