Objection 5. Even if we do all know the general moral principles, the only reason we all know them is that we are all taught them. If you could find someone who had not been taught them, you would find that he didn’t know them either.
A young priest I know gave a strongly worded homily about the sin of voting for politicians who push abortion and the destruction of the institution of marriage. He named names. Most members of the congregation were supportive, but some walked out or complained to the bishop.
Most Mondays feature letters from students, but this one is from a student’s parents.
People on the left call conservatives liars. People on the right call progressives liars. Are these two claims equivalent?
Monday, as always, is a student letter day.
Even if one concedes that St. Thomas means what I say he means when he claims that we all know the moral basics, it might be argued that his claim is simply wrong. Let us consider a few of the most likely objections.
