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Published Articles by Dr. Mark S. Latkovic

 
pdf download The Catholic Church in America, the Discipline of Bioethics, and the Culture of Life: Looking to the Encyclical Evangelium Vitae for Guidance on Its Fifteenth Anniversary
This paper was written originally for a Bioethics Conference with the theme "Human Life: Its Beginning and End", at Franciscan University of Steubenville in October 2007, which the author was unable to attend. This is the May 11, 2010 version. A published version of it now appears in The Linacre Quarterly Vol. 78, No. 4 (November 2011): 415-436.
 
pdf download Development in Moral Teaching: The Case of Organ Transplants
A version of this article appears in Ethics & Medics (July 2011): 3-4.
 
A version of this essay appears in The Human Life Review Vol. XXXVI, No. 4 (Fall 2010): 18-22 (An earlier version of it was posted on my Facebook blog on October 17, 2010). It also appears at: humanlifereview.com
 
pdf download The Dignity of the Person: An Overview and Commentary on Dignitas personae This article appears in The National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly Vol. 10, No. 2 (Summer 2010): 283-305. It is part of a double issue devoted in part to the CDF's Instruction (My article appears in the second issue devoted to the Instruction).
 
pdf download The Faith of a Geneticist: Francis S. Collins on Bioethics & Its Foundations The National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly Vol. 8, No. 3 (Autumn 2008): 455-462.
 
pdf download Vocation to Heal: Health Care in the Light of Catholic Faith –Scriptural, Theological, and Philosophical Reflections
Diocese of Lansing, MI Rose Mass talk, January 20, 2007 (November 3, 2007 version).  This article appears in the Linacre Quarterly Vol. 75, No. 1 (February 2008): 40-55. 

pdf download Kevin O'Rourke, O.P. on the Morality of Tube Feeding PVS Patients: A Critique, June, 2005
Note: A shorter version of this publication appears in The National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly Vol. 5, No. 3 (Autumn 2005): 503-513 under the title, "The Morality of Tube Feeding PVS Patients: A Critique of the View of Kevin O'Rourke, O.P." and Life and Learning: Proceedings of the Fifteenth University Faculty for Life Conference, edited by Joseph W. Koterski (University Faculty for Life, 2006): 279-294. The article also appears in the volume Artificial Nutrition and Hydration: The New Catholic Debate, (Ed.) Christopher Tollefsen (AA Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer, 2008), pp. 193-209. 
 
pdf download A Catholic Moral Perspective on the Separation of the Conjoined Twins Jodie and Mary: A Survey and Critique
A version of this article, under the title, "Conjoined Twins of Malta: A Survey of Catholic Opinion," appears as a case study in National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly, Vol. 1, No. 4 (Winter 2001): 585-614 [Co-authored with Fr. Tim Nelson, M.Div., M.D.].

"Church Teaching on Contraception and Treatment after Rape" Human Love Newsletter (Archdiocese of Detroit Publication): Spring 1993. Check your local library.

"Cloning and the Culture of Death," The Definite Article, National Catholic Register (January 10-16, 1999)
Check your local library.

pdf download The Ethics of Pro-Life Nurses Cooperating in Abortion in Today's Health Care System: Can Pro-Life Nurses Work for Hospitals that Perform Abortions? Can They Ever Assist at Abortions in Such Institutions? The Ethics of Pro-Life Nurses Cooperating in Abortion in Today's Health Care System
A version of this article, under the title, "Pro-Life Nurses and Cooperation in Abortion," appears in National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly Vol. 4, No. 1 (Spring 2004): 89-102.

"Four Caricatures of Truth," Mosaic (Sacred Heart Major Seminary Publication) [Fall/Winter 1998]: 11-12
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pdf download Is There a Clone in Your Future? The Challenge of Modern Biomedical Science and the Response of Christian Faith
A version of this article appears in The Catholic Faith Vol. 4, No. 6 (November/December 1998): 16-20.

pdf download The Morality of Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research and President Bush's Decision: How Should Catholics Think About Such Things?
A version of this article appears in Linacre Quarterly, Vol. 69, No. 4 (November 2002): 289-315.

pdf download The Nature and Role of the Catholic Physician
A version of this article was published in Ethics & Medics 26 (February 2001): 1-3 under the title, "The Catholic Physician in a Bioetch World: Resisting the Danger of Perfection."  

pdf download The Role of Morality and Personhood in Health Care and Its Dilemmas:
A version of this article appears in Linacre Quarterly, Vol. 68, No. 3 (August 2001): 241-250.

pdf download The Science and Ethics of Parthenogenesis: A version of this article appears in The National Catholics Bioethics Quarterly, Vol. 2, No. 2 (Summer 2002): 245-255.

"Stem Cell Research: What Catholics Should Know,"
Mosaic (Sacred Heart Major Seminary Publication) [Fall/Winter 2001]: 12. Check your local library.

 
pdf download Caritas in Veritate
This article appears in the New Catholic Encyclopedia Supplement 2010, Robert L. Fastiggi (ed.), Vol. 1 (Detroit: Gale, 2010): 208-2010.
 
pdf download Caritas in Veritate
This is the version that appears in the New Catholic Encyclopedia Supplement 2010, Robert L. Fastiggi (ed.), Vol. 1 (Detroit: Gale, 2010): 208-2010.

Human Development in an Age of Global Confusion
Article on Pope Benedict XVI's encyclical, Caritas in veritate, in Mosaic (Winter 2010): 2-5.
 
pdf download Iraq, the "Surge," and Just-War Theory: Some Thoughts about the Current Situation in Light of Catholic Morality
March 9, 2008 version of a talk that was given on February 19, 2008 for the Archdiocese of Detroit's Presbyteral Council's "Disputed Questions" Debate. This appears in Catholic Social Scientists Review Vol.13 (2008): 269-285.
 
pdf download On Morally Responsible Investing: Why Catholics Must Make Every Effort Not to Fund Immoral Activity
This article appears in The Catholic Social Science Review 11 (2006): 259-272. A version of this article also appears under the title, "Investment (Moral Responsibility In)," in Catholic Social Thought, Social Science, and Social Policy: An Encyclopedia, Vol. 1, edited by M. Coulter, S. Krason, R. Myers, and J. Varacalli (Scarecrow Press, 2007), pp. 561-563.
 
pdf download Capital Punishment, Church Teaching, and Morality: What is Pope John Paul II Saying to Roman Catholics?
A version of this article appears in The Catholic Faith, Vol. 7, No. 1 (January/February 2001): 13-16. A later version of it appears under the title, "Capital Punishment, Church Teaching, and Morality," in Logos: A Journal of Catholic Thought and Culture, Vol. 5, No. 2 (Spring 2002): 76-95.

pdf download Eight Principles of Social Justice
A version of this article appears as "Catholic Social Teaching: Eight Principles of Social Justice," in Josephinum Journal of Theology 7, Nos. 1-2 (Summer 2000): 54-70.

 
pdf download Just-War Theory, Catholic Morality, & the Response to International Terrorism
A version of this article appears in The Catholic Faith Vol. 8, No. 3 (May/June 2002): 33-36; 38-40; 42-44.
 
pdf download The Practice of Mental Reservation, Does it justify lying?
This article appears under the title, "A Legitimate Way to Lie? The practice of 'mental reservation,'" in The Catholic Answer, Vol. 20, No. 4 (September/October 2006): 12-14.
 
pdf download Mental Reservation: Does it justify lying?
A slightly different version of this article under the title, "A Legitimate Way to Lie? The practice called 'mental reservation'," appears in The Catholic Answer Vol. 20, No. 4 (September/October 2006): 12-14.



pdf download Lent, the Imitation Of Christ, and the Question Of Our Supreme Happiness
A version of this article appears in Community of God's Mercy Newsletter (May 1, 1997): 1-4.


 
pdf download Lying and the Love of Enemies: On the Morality of Live Action's Action at Planned Parenthood -- Some Roman Catholic Reflections
March 21, 2011 version (An earlier version appeared on my Facebook blog on February 20, 2011). A published version of this essay appears in the Human Life Review Vol. 37, No. 3 (Summer 2011): 37-40 in a mini symposium devoted to the Live Action/Planned Parenthood issue.
 
This article appears in The Fellowship of Catholic Scholars Quarterly Vol. 34, No. 4 (Winter 2010): 47-48 (An earlier version of it was posted on my Facebook blog on October 11, 2010).
 
pdf download Religion in American Culture: Are We American Catholics or Catholic Americans? Christ, Catholicism, and Culture
May 12, 2009 version. A different version of this article appears in Mosaic (Summer 2006): 2-5.
 
pdf download The "Culture of Faith" vs. the "Culture of Secularism: Living a Christian Moral Life in Twenty-First Century America
A version of this article, with title and subtitle reversed, appears in The Catholic Faith Vol. 7, No. 5 (September/October 2001): 6-13.

pdf download The "Culture of Life" vs. The "Culture of Death": Pope John Paul II's Encyclical EVANGELIUM VITAE On Two Contrasting Visions of Human Life And Human Dignity Today
A version of this article, under the title, "The Gospel of Life vs. the Culture of Death," appears in Homiletic & Pastoral Review (November 1997): 20-28.

"What Are Moral Values and Where Do They Come From?" Gothic (Sacred Heart Major Seminary Publication) [Spring 1995]: 10-11. (Check your local library)


Dissertation

The Fundamental Moral Theology of Benedict Ashley, O.P.: A Critical Study. (Check your local library)
Toward a Response to the Second Vatican Council's Call for Renewal in Moral Theology (Doctoral Dissertation). Ann Arbor, MI: UMI, 1998.
 

 
pdf download The Four Cardinal Virtues in a World of Technology: Moral Antidotes to an Ailing Culture
A version of this article, under the title, "The Four Cardinal Virtues: Antidotes for an Ailing Culture," appears as the lead article in Mosaic (Summer 2011): 2-5. Read the original version in Mosaic.
 

pdf download Sin, Theology of
This is an update of article on the theology of sin and the version of it that appears in New Catholic Encyclopedia Supplement 2010, Robert L. Fastiggi (ed.) Vol. 2 (Detroit: Gale, 2010): 994-1002.
 
pdf download Gaudium et spes, Part I's Vision of the Moral Life
This articles appears in slightly different form in, After 40 Years: Vatican II's Diverse Legacy (Proceedings from the 28th Annual Conference of the Fellowship of Catholic Scholars, September 23-25, 2005).  Kenneth D. Whitehead (Ed.).  St. Augustine's Press, 2007, pp. 12-42.
 
pdf download Moral Theology:  A Survey
November, 2005. A version of this article appears in Catholic Social Thought, Social Science, and Social Policy: An Encyclopedia, Vol. 2, edited by M. Coulter, S. Krason, R. Myers, and J. Varacalli (Scarecrow Press, 2007), pp. 716-720.
 

pdf download The Natural Law and Specific Moral Norms:
A version of this article appears in St. Thomas Aquinas and the Natural Law Tradition: Contemporary Perspectives, eds. Mark S. Latkovic, John Goyette, and Richard Myers (The Catholic University of America Press), 2004, pp. 157-163.

pdf download Natural Law in the Moral Thought of Benedict Ashley, O.P.
A Comparison with the View of Germain Grisez, John Finnis, and Joseph Boyle," an earlier and slightly different version of which appears in the Fellowship of Catholic Scholars Quarterly 22 (Fall 1999): 2-5.

pdf download Raising Children in the New Millennium
A version of this article under the title, "Forming a Catholic Conscience in Our Children," appears in Homiletic & Pastoral Review (August-September 2000): 29-32; 52-54.

Marriage, Family & Sexual Ethics

pdf download The Historical and Theological Context of Pope Paul VI's Humanae Vitae
Another version of this essay, Humanae Vitae and the Signs of the Times, appears in the Mosaic (Summer 2008). This article is also published in the Integritas Institute's online journal, The Cardinal Newman Quarterly.

pdf download Is The Teaching of Humanae Vitae Physicalistic?
A version of this article appears as "Is the Teaching of Humanae Vitae Physicalist? A Critique of the View of Joseph A. Selling," Linacre Quarterly: A Journal of the Philosophy and Ethics of Medical Practice, Vol. 62, No. 4 (November 1995): 39-58.
 
pdf download The Christian Family and Contemporary American Culture:
Practical Suggestions for Overcoming the "Culture of Secularism's" Corrosive Influence on the Family – A Pastoral Response to a Concern of Pope John Paul II's Veritatis Splendor. A version of this article, without the subtitle, appears in The Josephinum Journal of Theology Vol. 10, No. 2 (Summer/Fall 2003): 300-314.

pdf download Condoms, Consequences, and the Christian Vision of Moral Conduct
This article originally appeared in Human Love Newsletter (Archdiocese of Detroit Publication): Spring 1993.  The version posted here is a slightly revised one (April 9, 2007).
 
pdf download God's Love is the Source of Our Love and Teaching 
This article originally appeared in Human Love Newsletter (Archdiocese of Detroit Publication): Fall 1992.  The version posted here is a slightly revised version (February 12, 2007). Another version of it appears under the title, "God and True Christian Love: The Church on Openness to Life," in Ethics & Medics Vol. 32, No. 8 (August 2007).

pdf download Homosexuality, Morality, and the Truth of Church Teaching
A version of this article appears in The Catholic Faith Vol. 6, No. 1 (January/February 2000): 29-33.

pdf download John Paul II on the Phenomenon of Sexual Shame
A version of this article appears in The National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly Vol.  3, No. 1 (Spring 2003) : 45-51.

pdf download Pope John Paul II's "Theology of the Body" and the Significance of Sexual Shame in Light of the Body's "Nuptial Meaning"
This article appears in Nova et Vetera Vol. 2, No. 1 (2004) : 305-336.
 


pdf download Fostering Theological Excellence in the Classroom Among Catholic Seminary Students and Faculty
This paper was originally given at the East Coast Academic Deans' Association meeting on February 28, 2004.  It was slightly revised in September 2006 and then again in September 2007 for a Faculty Colloquium session at Sacred Heart Major Seminary in the winter of 2008.  A portion of it was published in Seminary Journal Vol.10 (Spring 2004): 57-62.
 

pdf download How Lay Spirituality Might Inform the Teaching of Moral Theology in the Seminary
Note: A slightly different version of this essay appears in Seminary Journal Vol. 12 (Spring 2006): 85-98. This version was slightly revised (by Latkovic) in September 2006.

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