The enabling role played by the conservative Catholic bishops in the priest-sex-abuse scandal shows how mal-formed the consciences of conservative Catholic bishops typically are.
But now we have a new crop of conservative Catholic bishops crying out in behalf of their mal-formed consciences. No doubt many conservative American Catholics will join the conservative Catholic bishops in denouncing the Obama administration's mandate.
But let us make no mistake here. The conservative Catholic bishops are once again demonstrating just how mal-formed their consciences are.
Catholics who in good conscience dissent against the church's misguided teaching against artificial contraception should stand up to the conservative Catholic bishops, because the conservative Catholic bishops have mal-formed consciences regarding sexual morality. In other words, the conservative Catholic tradition of so-called natural-law theory produces mal-formed consciences in the conservative Catholics who buy into it as the conservative Catholic bishops have.
Now, some people might object that I am engaging in an ad hominem attack on the conservative Catholic bishops. Yes, indeed, I am truly engaging in an ad hominem attack on the mal-formed consciences of conservative Catholic bishops. They are themselves invoking their consciences. Therefore, I am criticizing their consciences as mal-formed because of the dubious Catholic natural-law tradition of thought regarding sexual morality.
Natural-law moral theory is a philosophic position, just as deontological moral theory is. The conservative Catholic bishops, whose consciences have been mal-formed by the Catholic tradition of so-called natural-law moral theory, have discredited their own mal-formed consciences by covering up the role of conservative Catholic bishops in the priest-sex-abuse scandal. Therefore, the heartfelt cries of conservative Catholic bishops about their mal-formed consciences regarding contraceptive coverage should be disregarded by morally upright Americans.
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