The Importance of Consequentist Morality in War

Frida Ghitis: If your moral standards boil down to supporting whatever action produces the best outcome, then you'll abandon the idea of intrinsic evils. She says Catholics understand this when it comes to abortion, but often fail to apply it to war. Ghitis: You can't directly kill an unborn child even to save his mother's life. But apparently from their perspective, you could kill many unborn children through an atomic bomb.