'One of the greatest moral evils': Cardinal Raymond Burke supports refusing Communion to Biden, U.S. Presidential candidate

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Once we have judged the consequences then we act with the expectation that our act will result in those consequences. How is that not part of the intent?
If there are multiple consequences from one act, some of those consequences may be desirable and some undesirable. It would be wrong to call all of them the “intent”. That us why they are called “unintended consequences”.
 
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If there are multiple consequences from one act, some of those consequences may be desirable and some undesirable. It would be wrong to call all of them the “intent”. That us why they are called “unintended consequences”.
I used unintended in the sense of unexpected, not unwanted. Yes, many actions would be expected to have both good and bad consequences, but if we intentionally commit an act with the expectation that it will result in a bad consequence it seems hard to argue that we didn’t intend that consequence, whether or not we desired it.

But how does this pertain to the issue? My statement was that if the object of an action is not intrinsically evil then the only way to condemn an act as immoral is to judge the person who commits it. If you disagree then point out my error.
 
That depends on what one calls “intrinsically evil”. Having sex with a woman is not intrinsically evil. But if the circumstances are such that I am not married to that woman, the act is evil, and immoral. One does not need to read my mind to judge that act immoral.
 
My statement was that if the object of an action is not intrinsically evil then the only way to condemn an act as immoral is to judge the person who commits it. If you disagree then point out my error.
It’s been pointed out already.
 
It would seem that the expected consequences would always be part of the intent given that every act is taken for a purpose and that purpose would be to achieve those consequences.
All the foreseeable consequences are not intended. We don’t set out to achieve them all. In acting, we may accept consequences, but that is not to intend them. As you know, to intend harm condemns an act (as immoral), whereas if a harm is not intended but foreseen, the act may be acceptable (moral) according to the balance of consequences (assuming of course a good object). If the balance is not favourable, the act is immoral.
Circumstances affect ones culpability for an act but don’t reverse its nature.
Circumstances - the balance of consequences - may make an otherwise good act evil.
If the proposal does not include an intrinsically evil act I contend there is no way that it can be considered evil that does not include the judgment that the person who supports it is evil, a judgment we are forbidden to make.
Certainly whenever an actor chooses a path where bad consequences outweigh good (and he knows he does that), he does wrong. In some cases, his failing is in an unreasonable weighing - perhaps failing to give various factors appropriate moral weight - be that an honest error or a willful glossing over the inconvenient. Church social teaching often tries to illuminate what should be the proper assessment.

In no case does it follow that the person is evil. We are all sinners.
 
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