Consenting Adults, Sex, and Natural Law Theory

Natural Goodness, Sex, and the Perverted Faculty Argument

“…But Hsiao's argument relies on the work of Feser, and Feser's defense is more comprehensive. See, for example, Hsiao (2015), Hsiao (2016), and Hsiao (2017).…”

Anti-“Heterosexist” Education and the Stigmatization of Some Roman Catholic Beliefs

“…The tendency to understand identity in terms of sexual inclination is a modern development, one that has critics even outside the clergy(Paris, 2001).4 It might be difficult to understand Catholic sex ethics, for modern Western societies have lost familiarity with teleology and natural law, seeing the ethics of sex largely as a matter of consent alone. However, there are authors to whom we can turn to better understand a more Catholic viewpoint(Hsiao, 2016;Feser, 2015;Skalko, 2015;Budziszewski, 2014;Rhonheimer, 2012).5 How Roman Catholics choose to oppose these unions is important. Roman Catholics are called to approach this issue with love, charity and prudence, but always kindly insisting on what they believe is true.…”