As you say, we are now way off topic and while you may now have left the building, I think from what you said subsequently that we were talking at cross-purposes.
Yes, there are those who think that pretending to act in conscience is a loophole, or that conveniently not forming their conscience is a loophole, but then there are also those who think that not acting in conscience (I was only following orders) is a loophole.
I am not talking about any of these but rather someone who has thought long and hard and acts in conscience even though it is
more difficult and painful than accepting a loophole defense.
In those circumstances, I know of no Church document which doesn’t hold that the dignity and freedom of the individual person isn’t paramount, the prime example being
Dignitatis Humanae:
*This Vatican Council likewise professes its belief that it is upon the human conscience that these obligations fall and exert their binding force. The truth cannot impose itself except by virtue of its own truth, as it makes its entrance into the mind at once quietly and with power.
Truth, however, is to be sought after in a manner proper to the dignity of the human person and his social nature. The inquiry is to be free, carried on with the aid of teaching or instruction, communication and dialogue, in the course of which men explain to one another the truth they have discovered, or think they have discovered, in order thus to assist one another in the quest for truth.
On his part, man perceives and acknowledges the imperatives of the divine law through the mediation of conscience. In all his activity a man is bound to follow his conscience in order that he may come to God, the end and purpose of life. It follows that he is not to be forced to act in manner contrary to his conscience. Nor, on the other hand, is he to be restrained from acting in accordance with his conscience, especially in matters religious.
God calls men to serve Him in spirit and in truth, hence they are bound in conscience but they stand under no compulsion. God has regard for the dignity of the human person whom He Himself created and man is to be guided by his own judgment and he is to enjoy freedom. This truth appears at its height in Christ Jesus, in whom God manifested Himself and His ways with men. Christ is at once our Master and our Lord and also meek and humble of heart.
Taught by the word and example of Christ, the Apostles followed the same way. From the very origins of the Church the disciples of Christ strove to convert men to faith in Christ as the Lord; not, however, by the use of coercion or of devices unworthy of the Gospel, but by the power, above all, of the word of God. Steadfastly they proclaimed to all the plan of God our Savior, “who wills that all men should be saved and come to the acknowledgment of the truth” (1 Tim. 2:4). At the same time, however, they showed respect for those of weaker stuff, even though they were in error, and thus they made it plain that “each one of us is to render to God an account of himself” (Romans 14:12), and for that reason is bound to obey his conscience.*
I could go on, but hopefully you’ll see why I think it’s uncontroversial and that we’ve been talking at cross-purposes.
Please see post #521.