The moral brigade
March 16, 2021
Selective moral outrage has been an issue in our country for a very long time, and has been used particularly against students across the country. Recently, a number of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa universities have imposed strict dress codes for their female students and some have also imposed some code for male students. From shalwar-kameez-only to dupattas or scarves to makeup regulations, there is obviously a fairly wide interpretation of what ‘moral’ clothing should look like.
Issues of morality on campuses go further. At a Lahore university, two students were expelled after a girl proposed to a boy – with flowers and a card. Their hug after the proposal seems to have sent the university into a tizzy over this rather small demonstration of affection.
By Dr. Jeff Mirus ( bio - articles - email ) | Mar 09, 2021
On March 5th, the Ethics and Public Policy Center issued a statement by pro-life Catholic scholars to clarify the The Moral Acceptability of Receiving COVID-19 Vaccines. The strength of this statement lies in its clear presentation of the exact nature and extent of the (very remote) connection of the vaccines with abortion. The weakness is that the statement chooses not to address the moral obligation, if one chooses to be vaccinated, of making clear one’s opposition to the use of immorally-derived cell lines.
I want to emphasize that the EPPC statement does not contradict anything taught on this matter by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and, through that Congregation, authorized by the Pope. The purpose of the EPPC statement is to emphasize how very remote is the material cooperation with evil in the decision to accept one of these vaccines. For those who are troubled about
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Moral authority Pakistan at the crossroads
National
March 7, 2021
The requisition of National Assembly for Prime Minister’s vote of confidence has posed a bigger question of moral authority? Moral means what societies sanction as right and acceptable – the standards set by any given society. Morality requires that people sacrifice their own short-term interests for the benefit of society. In political philosophy and ethics, political authority describes moral principles - legitimising differences between individual’s rights and duties, by virtue of their relationship with the state.
The philosophical foundation of democracy is based on moral authority. Western Democracies have clearly defined their morality. However, Pakistan being the Islamic Republic should have even higher standards than the western democracy since our morals are driven out of our religion. The Objective Resolution of our country is embedded in our Constitution, ‘Ayat-e-Kareema’ is right above ou