I am a Protestant of course, so I take a different view on many matters than do my Catholic associates, certainly on many theological issues.…
Just as war has been declared against the unborn, so too there is an active campaign to bump off the elderly, the infirm, and many…
I was stunned to open today’s newspaper and read an incredible letter to the editor, not only defending abortion, but making a case which the…
Bioethics has to do with moral reflection on biological and biotechnological developments. Such ethical thinking is certainly needed, since biotechnology is racing ahead, often impervious…
Presbyterian and Reformed, 2008. (Available in Australia from Koorong Books) I am very impressed with this book. It really does an outstanding job of providing…
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…
Do worldviews matter? You bet they do. Ideas have consequences, and bad ideas have bad consequences. Bad worldviews lead to some very bad outcomes. Take…
Cambridge University Press, 2007. This is certainly the newest pro-life work to appear, and arguably among the best. It not only lays out the legal,…
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,…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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…