Live Action, Planned Parenthood, and the Morality of Lying

There has been a lot of discussion about Live Action’s videos that reveal some shocking practices by Planned Parenthood staffers.

On the Public Discourse website, Christopher Tollefsen has criticized Live Action’s practices. Others, including Christopher Kaczor, have defended Live Action’s approach. While admitting that this is a very difficult issue, I am inclined to think Tollefsen has the better of the argument. 

Here are links to the articles on the Public Discourse website and commentary on the Mirror of Justice blog. http://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2011/02/2529

http://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2011/02/2538

http://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2011/02/2547

http://mirrorofjustice.blogs.com/mirrorofjustice/2011/02/tollefsen-why-lying-is-always-wrong.html

http://mirrorofjustice.blogs.com/mirrorofjustice/2011/02/the-on-line-journal-public-discourse-under-the-brilliant-editorship-of-ryan-anderson-has-become-a-key-site-for-people-inter.html

Update (Feb. 21, 2011): Here are some more links on this debate.

http://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2011/02/2648

http://mirrorofjustice.blogs.com/mirrorofjustice/2011/02/to-tell-the-truth.html

Richard M.