>This month’s New Oxford Review contains a book review on From Darwin to Hitler: Evolutionary Ethics, Eugenics and Racism in Germany, which addresses the philosophical and religious changes that led to the eugenic crimes of doctors in Nazi Germany. From the review: Even so, Weikart concedes that these intellectuals who “built their worldview on science” … Continue reading
>Whatever we can think of, someone, somewhere has done it – or is doing it. Christianity Today reports that Germany has legalized prostitution and is setting up “sex huts” around stadiums during its World Cup (soccer or football) series. Supposedly the sports fans cannot control themselves for a period of time, so the German government … Continue reading
Whatever we can think of, someone, somewhere has done it – or is doing it. Christianity Today reports that Germany has legalized prostitution and is setting up “sex huts” around stadiums during its World Cup (soccer or football) series. Supposedly the sports fans cannot control themselves for a period of time, so the German government … Continue reading
I pointed out the irony of using this term for destructive embryonic stem cell research in my last post. And I was reminded again, in Nat Henthoff’s latest column, “The Devaluing of Life,” in which he quotes Jesse Jackson: The boy’s spontaneous insistence on the primacy of life also reminded me of a powerful pro-life … Continue reading
>I pointed out the irony of using this term for destructive embryonic stem cell research in my last post. And I was reminded again, in Nat Henthoff’s latest column, “The Devaluing of Life,” in which he quotes Jesse Jackson: The boy’s spontaneous insistence on the primacy of life also reminded me of a powerful pro-life … Continue reading
Several medical centers, including Harvard,the University of California at Irvine, and the University of Texas at Houston are bragging in the press that they are not stymied at all by the Bush Administration policy on funding embryonic stem cell research. Why there’s even an “underground railroad” for stem cell research funded by two moms in … Continue reading
>Several medical centers, including Harvard,the University of California at Irvine, and the University of Texas at Houston are bragging in the press that they are not stymied at all by the Bush Administration policy on funding embryonic stem cell research. Why there’s even an “underground railroad” for stem cell research funded by two moms in … Continue reading
Len Doyal, Emeritus Professor of Medical Ethics, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, is the British non-physician “ethicist” who claims that doctors should have the legal right to intentionally and purposefully act to kill their patients, even without consent. The paper, titled “Dignity in dying should include the legalization of non-voluntary euthanasia,” … Continue reading
>Len Doyal, Emeritus Professor of Medical Ethics, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, is the British non-physician “ethicist” who claims that doctors should have the legal right to intentionally and purposefully act to kill their patients, even without consent. The paper, titled “Dignity in dying should include the legalization of non-voluntary euthanasia,” … Continue reading
The FDA has published a new rule which would allow investigational testing on samples “left over” from the usual testing in the event of a public health emergency, such as a terrorist attack. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer is reporting the new rule as though it is controversial. I do not believe that there is any ethical … Continue reading