Tudela Julio, Burguete Enrique, Aznar Justo
Institute of Life Sciences, Catholic University of Valencia, Spain.
Linacre Q. 2021 Feb;88(1):37-41. doi: 10.1177/0024363920933111. Epub 2020 Jun 17.
This article is a reasoned response to the article by Timothy F. Murphy, recently published in the prestigious journal , on the supposed opposition between the views of the Catholic Church and what he calls "contemporary science" in relation to certain anthropological issues linked to the gender perspective. To point to "the Vatican" as anchored in an unscientific and anachronistic position, using the term contemporary science to which he attributes a unanimous representation of current scientific thinking on the subject is, in our view, unfounded and completely unacceptable. In his reflection, he does not adequately distinguish between intersex and transgenderism, two clearly different realities with different needs. The author defends the obsolescence of the binary sex/gender model that, in his view, "betrays human sexuality." Furthermore, he does so without providing a plausible justification or a definition of human nature that is able to support the plurality and indeterminacy of sexual conditions, without falling back on untenable dualisms or relativism devoid of scientific objectivity. In our response, we highlight how the dialogue between Faith and Reason, as developed in the recent Magisterium of the Catholic Church, is essential to explain nature, the human being and, in general, all creations. Finally, contemporary science does not provide a monolithic and unquestionable view of the nature of human beings and their sexual identity, as the author claims, with many scientists confirming evidence of a binary human sexuality genetically and phenotypically determined.
This paper is a reasoned response to the supposed opposition between the views of the Catholic Church and "contemporary science" in relation to certain anthropological issues linked to the gender perspective.The dialogue between Faith and Reason, as developed in the recent Magisterium of the Catholic Church, is essential to explain nature, the human being and, in general, all creation, against the opinion of those who defend the obsolescence of the binary sex/gender model that, in their view, "betrays human sexuality".
本文是对蒂莫西·F·墨菲（Timothy F. Murphy）近期发表在著名期刊上的一篇文章的理性回应，该文章讨论了天主教会的观点与他所谓的“当代科学”在某些与性别视角相关的人类学问题上的所谓对立。我们认为，将“梵蒂冈”指认为处于不科学且过时的立场，使用他所赋予的“当代科学”这一术语来代表当前关于该主题的科学思维的一致观点，是毫无根据且完全不可接受的。在他的思考中，他没有充分区分双性人（intersex）和变性者身份（transgenderism）这两个有着明显不同需求的截然不同的现实。作者为二元性别模式的过时性辩护，在他看来，这种模式“背叛了人类的性特征”。此外，他这样做时没有提供一个合理的理由，也没有给出一个能够支持性状况的多元性和不确定性的人性定义，同时又不陷入站不住脚的二元论或缺乏科学客观性的相对主义。在我们的回应中，我们强调了天主教会近期教义中所发展的信仰与理性之间的对话对于解释自然、人类以及一般所有造物的本质至关重要。最后，当代科学并没有像作者所声称的那样，对人类本质及其性身份提供一个单一且不容置疑的观点，许多科学家证实了从基因和表型上确定的二元人类性特征的证据。
本文是对天主教会观点与“当代科学”在某些与性别视角相关的人类学问题上的所谓对立的理性回应。与那些为二元性别模式的过时性辩护（在他们看来这种模式“背叛了人类的性特征”）的人的观点相反，天主教会近期教义中所发展的信仰与理性之间的对话对于解释自然、人类以及一般所有造物至关重要。
