Abortion is evil because it depraves a life of its telos. And the result of that action we believe sends a life to purgatory as they have not been baptized, but that is ultimately a decision of God’s grace.

Man’s fallen nature is distinct from being “intrinsically evil”. There can still be virtuous pagans or unbelievers meaning there’s a moral sense imbued within us. To what ease and effect we’re able to hone that morality, I would argue, is to what extent we seek “the way, the truth, and the life”.

It’s true chastity can be a cornerstone of the ascetic life but that’s not an idea promulgated by wokeness, quite the opposite. Instead the focus is almost entirely on “sexual liberty”.

I don’t think our concepts of flourishing are at odds! It really comes down to how you reach a conclusion like that through the perception of objective truth or moral relativism which then requires the imposition of the will.

Hm, “God is Nature” is interesting. Maybe you could expand on that. I would say nature (in the physical sense) is God’s creation which while good, is separate from God. For example, we can admire the beauty of people, the sun, a tree, etc. and think God is great for its creation but we wouldn’t attribute any divinity to the creation itself. There’s a hierarchy to the world. We don’t take shoplifting grizzly bears to court because they don’t have the capacity to be rational/moral. Plants and animals show intelligence but humans are above them because we have a rational soul.

Then again, we may be disagreeing over the semantics of what “nature” and “reality” mean based on how much we consider the metaphysical or non-material.