tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28278152.post7267746041599906451..comments2023-09-24T08:22:14.199+01:00Comments on Joseph Shaw's Philosophy Blog: What makes a Catholic institution?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28278152.post-11155566589049919162007-05-28T12:44:00.000+01:002007-05-28T12:44:00.000+01:00Sorry, 'deleted' is me, Joseph Shaw.The technical ...Sorry, 'deleted' is me, Joseph Shaw.<BR/><BR/>The technical answer: remote material cooperation with evil is permissible when the inconvenience of avoiding is 'grave'. What this means is that one has to balance the gravity of the evil, the closeness of the cooperation, and the seriousness of the inconvenience (forgone goods etc.) against each other. There's no algorithm for this, although the extreme cases will be clear enough.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28278152.post-84159515045523847292007-05-26T19:22:00.000+01:002007-05-26T19:22:00.000+01:00Thanks, 'deleted'. Is the difference between proxi...Thanks, 'deleted'. Is the difference between proximate material cooperation and remote material cooperation (which the Pope, when just a Cardinal, allowed) just a vague matter of degree, or can it be precisely defined? And when is proximate material cooperation permissible?Daniel Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07823511443088751096noreply@blogger.com