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List of major works: Ethics
==Bonhoeffer on [[Abortion]]==
==Bonhoeffer on [[Abortion]]==
According to Bonhoeffer, killing an embryo in mother’s womb violates the right of emerging life granted by God. Entering the marriage is in his view associated with recognizing this right of future new life as right that spouses do not have at their own discretion. If this right is not honored, marriage is ceasing to be a marriage and becomes a mere affair. Honoring this human right opens a room for the free creative will of God that can elicit a new life from this marriage. If we investigate the question whether the human embryo is a human being or not, this only serves to obfuscate the fundamental issue that God intended, by all means, to create a human being here and that we are wittingly taking the life of this developing innocent human being against the natural course of events. This is nothing else than a murder. Although the motives of such act can differ widely, they however do not change the very fact of this murder whatsoever. When this is taking place in the hopeless human loneliness and poverty, the gilt is more correctly to be attributed to society than to an individual. In any case, this definitely requires a personal approach and tactful treatment of person with such experience. Namely the mother that underwent the difficult decision process that contradicts her own nature, will be unlikely denying the weight of guilt. Only God as Creator and donor of bodily life has right to have the life at His disposal. The right to end this life is reserved by God to Himself, as He is the only one who knows towards what goal he wants to lead the life.<ref>{{cite book |title=Etika (Ethics, in the German original 'Ethik') |author=Dietrcih Bonhoeffer |publisher=Kalich |place=Prague |year= 2007 |pages=177 |language=Czech}}</ref>
According to Bonhoeffer, killing an embryo in mother’s womb violates the right of emerging life granted by God. Entering the marriage is in his view associated with recognizing this right of future new life as right that spouses do not have at their own discretion. If this right is not honored, marriage is ceasing to be a marriage and becomes a mere affair. Honoring this human right opens a room for the free creative will of God that can elicit a new life from this marriage. If we investigate the question whether the human embryo is a human being or not, this only serves to obfuscate the fundamental issue that God intended, by all means, to create a human being here and that we are wittingly taking the life of this developing innocent human being against the natural course of events. This is nothing else than a murder. Although the motives of such act can differ widely, they however do not change the very fact of this murder whatsoever. When this is taking place in the hopeless human loneliness and poverty, the gilt is more correctly to be attributed to society than to an individual. In any case, this definitely requires a personal approach and tactful treatment of person with such experience. Namely the mother that underwent the difficult decision process that contradicts her own nature, will be unlikely denying the weight of guilt. Only God as Creator and donor of bodily life has right to have the life at His disposal. The right to end this life is reserved by God to Himself, as He is the only one who knows towards what goal he wants to lead the life.<ref>{{cite book |title=Etika (Ethics, in the German original 'Ethik') |author=Dietrcih Bonhoeffer |publisher=Kalich |place=Prague |year= 2007 |pages=177 |language=Czech}}</ref>
==List of major works==
*''Ethics.'' When [[Gestapo]] arrested Bonhoeffer, most manuscripts of this work were hidden in various shelters. Only later, based on sketch of Bonhoeffer's concept, they were put together by author's friend Eberhard Bethge who prepared the first edition published in 1949.
==References==
==References==
==External Links==
==External Links==
*[http://www.dbonhoeffer.org/node/3 Bonhoeffer.org] A website dedicated to his memory describes his sacrifice
*[http://www.dbonhoeffer.org/node/3 Bonhoeffer.org] A website dedicated to his memory describes his sacrifice
* [http://www.plough.com/ebooks/thirdtestament.html A Third Testament: Free e-book about Christian saints, including Augustine, Kierkegaard, and Bonhoeffer]
*[http://www.plough.com/ebooks/thirdtestament.html A Third Testament: Free e-book about Christian saints, including Augustine, Kierkegaard, and Bonhoeffer]
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