The danger always exists that if science can do something, it will do it. But simply because something can be done does not mean that…
Despite the number of credible scientists who argued against human cloning, the Australian Senate nonetheless went ahead and voted for it to occur here. Not…
The push for human cloning continues around the world. Sure, most people say they do not want to see humans cloned, but they do want…
If a rogue scientist is to be believed, the stuff of science fiction has become fact. Dr Panos Zavos, an American fertility expert, claims that…
PublicAffairs, 2002. As in Australia and other Western nations, the United States has been involved in a lengthy and divisive debate concerning the new reproductive…
As the old saying goes, Christians are in the world but not of it. Thus, although we live in a fallen, sinful world, we should…
Some of the most important questions to be asked and answered by any worldview worth taking seriously concerns the issue of personhood. Such questions would…
What does it mean to be a Christian witness? Sadly there are some faulty understandings of what this means, and believers can go to various…
We live in an age of ever escalating rights’ claims, but with ever decreasing emphasis on responsibility and obligation. Every day new claims to rights…
Daily headlines speak to the enormous impact the new bio-technologies are having on all of us. Whether it is a breakthrough in genetic engineering, stem…
Several years ago R. Albert Mohler, president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, made a profound observation: “Christians are sleeping through history as new medical…
Doubleday, 2008. In this important volume two philosophers with interests in bioethics and law make the case for the moral worth of the human embryo…
For most of human history people have accepted the fact that life is “nasty, poor, brutish, and short”, to use Hobbes’s phrase. But advances in…
It is always interesting – and scary – to check out the transhumanist websites. Go ahead: Google the term transhumanism. First up you will find…
In the battles over embryo research, stem cell science, and the like, the media often presents a quite one-sided take on the issues. They can…
Is the mainstream media (MSM) biased? Well, I suppose it all depends on who you ask. If you are secular, leftwing, and into the various…
Two recent events have highlighted the importance of clear ethical thinking on the issues of the day, and how we can learn from those who…
It was rather odd to see so many female Senators voting for human cloning the other week. This in spite of the fact that many…
There were not one but two editorials in today’s Australian (November 8, 2006) that demonstrate how weak thinking and ethical poverty often run in tandem.…
It is not often discussed, but perhaps the biggest losers in the new biotech revolution are women. They often pay the heaviest price, be it…