Birth control; a statement of Christian doctrine against the Neo Malthusians | Sutherland, Halliday, 1882-1960

Birth Control: A Statement Of Christian Doctrine Against The Neo-Malthusians CONTENTS. CHAPTER I THE ESSENTIAL FALLACIES OF MALTHUSIAN TEACHING $ I. MALTHUS AND THE NEO-MALTHUSIANS 1 (a) Malthus 1 (b) The Neo-Malthusians 3 $ 2. TEACHING BASED ON FALSE PREMISES 4 (a) That Population progresses geometrically 4 (b) That Food Supply progresses arithmetically 4 (c) That Overpopulation is the cause of Poverty and Disease 5 $ 3. THE ROOT FALLACY 6 $ 4. WHAT OVERPOPULATION MEANS 7 § 5. NO EVIDENCE OF OVERPOPULATION 9 (a) In the Suez Canal Zone 10 (b) In "Closed Countries" like Japan 11 § 6. A NATURAL LAW CHECKING FERTILITY 12 § 7. OVERPOPULATION IN THE FUTURE 13 § 8. HOW NATIONS HAVE PERISHED 14 § 9. PHYSICAL CATASTROPHES 15 (a) Disease 15 (b) War 18 § 1O. MORAL CATASTROPHES 20 CHAPTER II THE FALSE DEDUCTIONS CONCERNING POVERTY § 1. BIRTH-RATE AND POVERTY 23 (a) Famines 24 (b) Abundance 24 (c) Wages 26 § 2 POVERTY IN GREAT BRITAIN DUE TO OTHER CAUSES 27 (a) Under-development 27 (b) Severance of the Inhabitants from the Soil 28 $ 3. CAUSES OF POVERTY IN INDIA 30 § 4. POVERTY IN FACT CAUSES A HIGH BIRTH-RATE 31 (a) Malthusianism is an attack on the Poor 32 (b) A Hindrance to Reform 33 (c) A Quack Remedy for Poverty 34 § 5. POVERTY AND CIVILISATION 36 CHAPTER III HIGH BIRTH-RATES NOT THE CAUSE OF HIGH DEATH-RATES § 1. POVERTY AS NOW EXISTING 37 § 2 HIGH BIRTH-RATE NOT THE CAUSE OF HIGH DEATH-RATE : PROVED FROM STATISTICS 38 (a) Canada 39 (b) Connaught 39 § 3. A LOW BIRTH-RATE NO GUARANTEE OF A LOW DEATH-RATE 40 § 4. VITAL STATISTICS OF FRANCE 41 § 5. COEFFICIENTS OF CORRELATION 43 CHAPTER IV HOW RELIGION AFFECTS THE BIRTH-RATE § 1. FRENCH STATISTICS MISINTERPRETED BY MALTHUSIANS 47 § 2 EVIDENCE FROM HOLLAND 52 § 3. THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 53 $ 4. THE SAME RESULTS IN ENGLAND 58 CHAPTER V IS THERE A NATURAL LAW REGULATING THE PROPORTION OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS? $ 1. THE THEORY OF THOMAS DOUBLEDAY REVIVED 65 § 2 MR. PELL'S GENERALISATIONS CRITICISED 66 $ 3. THE LAW OF DECLINE 69 $4. ILLUSTRATED FROM GREEK HISTORY 70 (a) Moral Catastrophe in Ancient Greece 70 (b) The Physical Catastrophe induced by Selfishness 72 CHAPTER VI THE FALLING BIRTH-RATE IN ENGLAND: ITS CAUSES § 1. NOT, AS MALTHUSIAN S ASSERT, DUE MAINLY TO CONTRACEPTIVES 75 $ 2 DECLINE IN FERTILITY DUE TO SOME NATURAL LAW 77 § 3. AND TO CHARACTER OF OCCUPATION 80 $ 4. AGGRAVATED DOUBTLESS BY MALTHUSIANISM 81 CHAPTER VII THE EVILS OF ARTIFICIAL BIRTH CONTROL § 1. NOT A PHYSICAL BENEFIT 83 A Cause of Sterility 83 Neuroses 84 Fibroid Tumours 84 § 2. A SCANDALOUS SUGGESTION 88 § 3. A CAUSE OF UNHAPPINESS IN MARRIAGE 93 § 4. AN INSULT TO TRUE WOMANHOOD 95 § 5. A DEGRADATION OF THE FEMALE SEX 97 § 6. SPECIALLY HURTFUL TO THE POOR 100 (a) Affecting the Young 100 (b) Exposing the Poor to Experiment 101 (c) Tending towards the Servile State 102 § 7. A MENACE TO THE NATION 103 (a) There is a Limit to lowering the Death-rate 103 (b) Birth Control tends to extinguish the Birth-rate 105 (c) A Danger to the Empire 106 (d) The Dangers of Small Families 115 § 8. THE PLOT AGAINST CHRISTENDOM 118 CHAPTER VIII THE RELIGIOUS ARGUMENT AGAINST BIRTH CONTROL § 1. AN OFFENCE AGAINST THE LAW OF NATURE 123 § 2. REFLECTED IN THE NORMAL CONSCIENCE 125 § 3. EXPRESSED IN THE SCIENCE OF ETHICS 126 § 4. BIRTH CONTROL CONDEMNED BY PROTESTANT CHURCHES 127 APPENDIX TO CHAPTER VIII A NEO-MALTHUSIAN ATTACK ON THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND 131 CHAPTER IX THE TEACHING OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH ON BIRTH CONTROL § 1. A FALSE VIEW OF HER DOCTRINE 148 § 2. THE ESSENCE AND PURPOSE OF MARRIAGE 149 § 3. ARTIFICIAL STERILITY WHOLLY CONDEMNED 150 § 4. THE ONLY LAWFUL METHOD OF BIRTH CONTROL 152 § 5. CONCLUSION 155 BIBLIOGRAPHY 157 Digitized by Google.
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