NoonanJohnContraception (Cambridge: Belknap Press, 1986). In the enlarged section of the book (pp. 535-554). Noonan attempts to make certain clarifications of “Humanae Vitae” which show that the encyclical permits contraception on certain occasions. (Noonan's perspective here is clarification, not dissent). The focus of this paper concerns one of those clarifications. If the argument in the paper has merit, however, it will nullify the practical significance of all of Noonan's clarifications. Additional references to Noonan are from the enlarged edition.
2.
“Humanae Vitae”, (Washington, D.C., United States Catholic Conference, 1968), p. 7, par. 11.
3.
Noonanop. cit., p. 550.
4.
“Humanae Vitae”, pp. 5–6, par. 9; pp. 7-8, par. 12.
5.
Noonanop cit., pp. 546–549.
6.
op cit., pp. 10–11, par. 17.
7.
Cf. BellahRobertHabits of the Heart (New York: Harper and Row, 1985).
8.
Cf. MacIntyreAlasdairAfter Virtue, 2nd edition (Notre Dame: Notre Dame University Press, 1984), especially, pp. 1–78, 109-120.
