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Potentiality and Sexual Ethics

Understanding the metaphysical concept of potentiality, as developed by Aristotle and Aquinas, can help socially conservative college students better defend traditional views on abortion, gender, and sexuality by clarifying what it means to have inherent capacities directed toward particular states of being or acting. It applies this concept to issues like disability, gender identity, and abortion, arguing that a woman is defined by the first potentiality to gestate new life, which remains even if actual ability is lost, and that this framework can strengthen conservative arguments on sexual ethics in secular academic settings.

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Henry Long|Word on Fire|
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“A People of Life, for Life” — E&C Seminar

Word on Fire In this first day of their seminar, Sr. Maris Stella, Sr. Marie Veritas, and Sr. Mary Grace of the Sisters of Life explore how Catholic evangelists can fully embrace the Gospel of life, drawing from their combined 30+ years of experience walking with pregnant women and accompanying those healing after abortion. The Sisters share how […]

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