InterVarsity Press, 2002. “Since neither a newborn human infant nor a fish is a person, the wrongness of killing such beings is not as great…
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.…
Eerdmans, 2000. Bio-ethics is a new and burgeoning field, affecting all of us. Issues like human cloning, genetic engineering, assisted reproductive technologies, genetically modified foods,…
Eerdmans, 2002. One of the areas of greatest growth and expansion in recent times is that of biotechnology. New developments are taking place almost weekly,…
There has been a noticeable shift over the past fifty years concerning those whom society, and the media, look to as authority figures, as sources of…
In the March 29 Melbourne Age there appeared an article by Peter Singer entitled “Why we should ignore the Catholic Church on stem cells”. In…
Eerdmans, 2001. In the past few decades the advances in bio-technology and genetics have been astounding. The scientific and technical breakthroughs have far out-stripped our…
We live in an age in which rights are being pushed on all fronts. Individuals and groups are clamoring for rights that until recently didn’t…
Lion 2000. While there are many good books on bioethics, not all are of equal value. Many quite good books on the subject are written…
A fiery debate about allowing IVF access to singles and lesbians was aired on the Nine Network’s Sixty Minutes on Sunday August 13. What went…
The Infertility Treatment Authority recently put on a one-day public seminar in Melbourne entitled “The Welfare and Interests of Persons Born as a Result of…
A recent court case involving a baby conceived by IVF for two lesbians has reopened the issue of homosexual access to children. A Melbourne court…
In the brave new world of the 1990s, a number of emerging technological possibilities pose a threat to the family unit. The ability to ascertain…
Peter Singer is considered by many to be Australia’s leading ethicist. He is well known as an animal rights crusader. However, he holds some very…
The proposal to allow limited surrogacy in Victoria should be resisted, for the sake of the children involved, the “parents”, and the common good of…
Ignatius Press, 1991. The family has faced assorted threats throughout history. The French and Russian revolutions come to mind as two especially hostile forces to…