Contraception and Chastity
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"Contraception and Chastity" is a philosophical essay by Elizabeth Anscombe that argues against the moral permissibility of contraception and defends a traditional Christian view of sexual ethics.
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| Contraception and Chastity canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Contraception and Chastity Context triple: [Elizabeth Anscombe, notableWork, Contraception and Chastity]
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A.
Sex and Secularism
Sex and Secularism is a scholarly book by historian Joan W. Scott that critically examines how modern secularism has been intertwined with gender politics and the regulation of women’s rights in Western societies.
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B.
Family purity laws
Family purity laws are a set of Jewish religious regulations governing marital intimacy and ritual purity, particularly around menstruation and immersion in a mikveh.
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C.
Perpetual Virginity of Mary
The Perpetual Virginity of Mary is a Christian doctrine teaching that Mary remained a virgin before, during, and after the birth of Jesus.
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D.
The Control of Parenthood
The Control of Parenthood is a book by Leonard Darwin that discusses eugenics and the social and ethical implications of regulating human reproduction.
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E.
On Marriage
"On Marriage" is a 19th-century feminist essay that critiques the legal and social subordination of wives and argues for equal rights within marriage.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Contraception and Chastity Target entity description: "Contraception and Chastity" is a philosophical essay by Elizabeth Anscombe that argues against the moral permissibility of contraception and defends a traditional Christian view of sexual ethics.
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A.
Sex and Secularism
Sex and Secularism is a scholarly book by historian Joan W. Scott that critically examines how modern secularism has been intertwined with gender politics and the regulation of women’s rights in Western societies.
-
B.
Family purity laws
Family purity laws are a set of Jewish religious regulations governing marital intimacy and ritual purity, particularly around menstruation and immersion in a mikveh.
-
C.
Perpetual Virginity of Mary
The Perpetual Virginity of Mary is a Christian doctrine teaching that Mary remained a virgin before, during, and after the birth of Jesus.
-
D.
The Control of Parenthood
The Control of Parenthood is a book by Leonard Darwin that discusses eugenics and the social and ethical implications of regulating human reproduction.
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E.
On Marriage
"On Marriage" is a 19th-century feminist essay that critiques the legal and social subordination of wives and argues for equal rights within marriage.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
philosophical essay
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work on Christian ethics ⓘ |
| arguesThat |
contraception damages marital fidelity and chastity
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contraception undermines the meaning of the sexual act ⓘ intentionally excluding procreation from sex is morally wrong ⓘ sexual acts outside marriage are morally wrong ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
20th-century Catholic moral debates
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analytic philosophy of ethics ⓘ philosophy of religion ⓘ |
| author | Elizabeth Anscombe ⓘ |
| critiques |
contraceptive mentality
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modern liberal sexual ethics ⓘ separation of sex from procreation ⓘ |
| defends |
Catholic prohibition of contraception
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indissolubility of marriage ⓘ link between sexuality and procreation ⓘ |
| ethicalFramework |
Catholic moral theology
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virtue ethics ⓘ |
| genre |
Christian apologetics
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moral philosophy ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced |
contemporary Catholic debates on contraception
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philosophical discussions of sexual ethics ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Catholic magisterial teaching
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Thomistic natural law ⓘ traditional Christian doctrine on marriage ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
Catholic teaching on sexuality
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Christian morality ⓘ chastity ⓘ contraception ⓘ natural law theory ⓘ sexual ethics ⓘ |
| moralStance |
rejects consequentialist justification of contraception
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upholds absolute moral norms regarding sexual acts ⓘ |
| positionOnChastity | defends traditional Christian chastity ⓘ |
| positionOnContraception | opposes moral permissibility of contraception ⓘ |
| positionOnMarriage | affirms procreative and unitive purposes of marriage ⓘ |
| positionOnSexualAct | holds that each sexual act must be open to procreation ⓘ |
| religiousContext | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| supportsView |
chastity is a central Christian virtue
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moral norms about sex are objective ⓘ sexual intercourse is properly ordered within marriage ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
Christian ethicists
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philosophers ⓘ theologians ⓘ |
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