Life used to be seen as a gift. Now it is being demanded as a right. Up until recently every new life coming into the…
When you combine moral relativism, a war on truth, out-of-control radical individualism, and a pro-death culture, you get the madness that passes for our daily…
In mid-July a High Court ruling declared that a doctor had to pay the costs of rearing a child following a botched sterilisation. A Brisbane…
The militants’ war on our children and their attempt to sexualise them has been going on for many decades now. Sexual perverts like Alfred Kinsey…
We are living in what seems like unprecedented times, with little or no respect for human life, human dignity, and the well-being of our children.…
The 1997 film Gattaca was a sci-fi thriller about a brave new world of genetic engineering and a two-tiered race. Most people were manufactured, created…
The place once known as Great Britain is clearly no longer great. It may be great in terms of political correctness, but that is about…
It seems that learning from the mistakes of history is not one of the strong points of many intellectuals. Although we can be taught so…
One does not need to go very far to find examples of rather confused thinking about abortion. Indeed, both intellectual and moral confusion typically abound…
There are a number of defining features of the post-Christian West. Some of our highest virtues and values now include personal autonomy, personal choice, and…
For those couples who have genuine biological infertility problems, various assisted reproductive technologies (ART) such as IVF can seem like a real godsend. The desire…
Why is it that Australia seems to produce so many “ethicists” who would perhaps have been perfectly at home in a certain European nation about…
There have been plenty of false prophets when it comes to doom saying about overpopulation. In the 1800s British demographer Thomas Malthus got it wrong…
Today more than ever those concerned about the meaning of personhood and the dignity of human life need to be aware of the many developments…
The brave new world the authors refer to is the scary new world of biomedical technologies and breakthroughs. While the new biotech offers much promise,…
Encounter Books, 2004. Abortion, we are often told, is a women’s issue, and men should just butt out. But given that half of all abortion…
Encounter Books, 2003. Rapid developments in technology, especially in medicine, genetics and biochemistry, are easily outstripping careful analysis and social and moral reflection on these…
InterVarsity Press, 2004. The title of this collection of essays is both a good summary of the book and an important warning as to where…
Australian Federation of Right to Life Associations, 2003. Recent developments in medical technology, the increasing secularization of society, and the return of eugenics have combined…
Encounter Books, 2002. The rapid growth in biotechnology has seen a corresponding growth in bioethics. Unfortunately, however, many bio-ethicists have become handmaidens to Big Biotech.…