The Statement of Ed Balls and Post-Vatican II Evangelisation
Editorial FAITH Magazine May-June 2010 - Further Material
Definition of Formal Cooperation with Evil
Formal cooperation occurs when a person or organisation freely participates in the action(s) of a principal agent, or shares in the agent's intention, either for its own sake or as a means to some other goal. Implicit formal cooperation occurs when, even though the co-operator denies intending the object of the principal agent, the cooperating person or organisation participates in the action directly and in such a way that it could not be done without this participation. Formal cooperation in intrinsically evil actions, either explicitly or implicitly, is morally illicit.
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