Consistently Opposing Killing: From Abortion to Assisted Suicide, the Death Penalty, and War
This work explains an increasingly popular view dubbed the Consistent Life Ethic, which holds that all life deserves reverence, so all social support for actions that destroy life should be withdrawn. The call is for opposition to abortion, capital punishment, euthanasia and other forms of killing to be consistent. Supporters of this view, shared widely in these pages, include figures from the Dalai Lama and Nobel Peace Prize winner Malread Corrifon Maguire to actor Martin Sheen and Village...
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This work explains an increasingly popular view dubbed the Consistent Life Ethic, which holds that all life deserves reverence, so all social support for actions that destroy life should be withdrawn. The call is for opposition to abortion, capital punishment, euthanasia and other forms of killing to be consistent. Supporters of this view, shared widely in these pages, include figures from the Dalai Lama and Nobel Peace Prize winner Malread Corrifon Maguire to actor Martin Sheen and Village Voice columnist Nat Hentoff. It is at once an ethical, religious and political ideology, explored here in its application to actions from treatment of unborn humans to infants, the disabled, the poverty-stricken, war combatants, and animals. In the work at hand, contributors explain the history of the pro-life movement, its growth and expansion, how these types of seemingly disparate killing are all linked, why a Consistent Life Ethic is needed, and how individuals can take steps to assure this ethic is more widely accepted.
Introduction: The Power of Being Consistent Rachel M. MacNair 1Connected ViolenceWord Games Take Lives William Brennan 11The Left Has Betrayed the Sanctity of Life: Consistency Demands Concern for the Unborn Mary Meehan 19The Indivisibility of Life and the Slippery Slope Nat Hentoff 25Israel/Palestine and Abortion Stephen Zunes 33Understanding How Killing Traumatizes the Killer Rachel M. MacNair 39Abortion and the Feminization of Poverty Thomas W. Strahan 47The Direct Killing of Racism and Poverty$dExcerpts from various sources 55When Bigotry Turns Disabilities Deadly$dExcerpts from various sources 61Right to Life of Humans and Animals Vasu Murti 67Does the Seamless Garment Fit? American Public Opinion Edith Bogue 73Perceptions of Connections Rachel M. MacNair 87Connected SolutionsActivists Reminisce: An Oral History of Pro-lifers for Survival$dTaped interview 105Activism Throughout the Centuries Mary Krane Derr 117Changing Hearts and Minds Mary Meehan 133The Law's Role in the Consistent LifeEthic Carol Crossed 147Pro-life Politics: From Counter-Movement to Transforming Movement James R. Kelly 159Connecting the Dots-Nonviolently Michael N. Nagler 173People Power and Regime Change: How Nonviolence Spreads Democracy Stephen Zunes 179Conflict Transformation: Dissolving "Battle Lines" Rachel M. MacNair 187About the Editors and Contributors 195Index 197
