Disabled Woman

For this week's dialogue, please respond to the prompt stated below. A grading rubric for this assignment can be found in the "Grades and Progress" section of the main menu. Locate the assignment and click View Rubric.

Dialogue Prompt: A British Court in 2019 ruled that a mentally disabled woman must have an abortion, even though the order was against both the woman’s wishes and her parents’ wishes. Would the parents be morally justified in defying the authority of the court? Is the principle “respect authority” a perfect duty, or is it imperfect? In what way is the duty to obey a court order and the parents' responsibility both to their daughter and to God related to justice? (For the definitions of imperfect and perfect duties, see the Perfect and Imperfect Duties Reading.) 

Write a dialogue post that provides an answer the questions above. Apply the concepts presented in this week’s readings to formulate your initial response and your reply to at least one classmate.  Initial posts must have 250-350 words.

A successful post and response will contain the following elements:

• Meets the word count guidelines and is on time.
• Is a thoughtful answer to the questions presented in the assignment instructions.
• Demonstrates an understanding of perfect and imperfect duties and integrates these concepts into the initial post.
• Shows an understanding of justice (ie. to give to another what is due) as it is defined in the readings. Ensure you integrate this concept into the initial post.
• Demonstrates excellent readability and is error-free..
  

Dialogue Prompt: A British Court in 2019 ruled that a mentally disabled woman must have an abortion, even though the order was against both the woman’s wishes and her parents’ wishes. Would the parents be morally justified in defying the authority of the court? Is the principle “respect authority” a perfect duty, or is it imperfect? In what way is the duty to obey a court order and the parents' responsibility both to their daughter and to God related to justice? (For the definitions of imperfect and perfect duties, see the Perfect and Imperfect Duties Reading.) 

 READ pages 117-132 in Philip Ryken, Written in Stone, Ch8, "Respect Authority."