criteria: act: example

Re: Responsible Parenthood
Fr: Catechism of the Catholic Church (1994) # 2368

[> Subjective intent]

"When it is a question of harmonizing married love with the responsible transmission of life, the morality of the behavior does not depend on sincere intention and evaluation of motives alone;

[> Objective act]

but it must be determined by OBJECTIVE criteria, criteria drawn from the nature of the person and his acts, criteria that respect the total meaning of mutual self-giving and human procreation in the context of true love; this is possible only if the vritue of married chastity is practiced with sincerity of heart."

- Gaudium et spes 51 par 3.