One of the more confused concepts making the rounds today, and one of the more obvious examples of weasel words, is that of “equality”. Plenty…
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…
Crossway Books, 2010. (Available in Australia at Koorong books) There have been a number of solid evangelical works on ethics which have appeared over the…
Milovan Djilas was the Vice President of Communist Yugoslavia. In 1957 he penned an important volume entitled The New Class. In it he showed how…
Social engineers have to go to great lengths to push their agendas. They often have to deny fundamental reality and make a mockery of human…
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…
Enough already. Let’s just get it over with and put this nation out of its misery. How much further down the gurgler can it go?…
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…
The report this week that scientists have now cloned embryos from adult monkeys takes us ever closer to the possibility of human cloning. Overcoming this…
It is always interesting – and scary – to check out the transhumanist websites. Go ahead: Google the term transhumanism. First up you will find…
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…
As the Federal Government still debates the issue of human cloning, the impression remains that on the one side of the debate are scientists, and…
We live in an age that is hesitant about, or indifferent to, the use of reason, study, mental discipline and religious education. Truth is under…
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…
With a title like this, one would imagine this to be a book about the conflict between evolution and creation, or something similar. In fact…
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,…
Often the most dangerous scenarios come packaged in the most attractive of wrappings. Various promises of heaven on earth are an example. Consider the case…
Encounter Books, 2004. In 1932 Aldous Huxley wrote his prophetic and chilling novel, Brave New World. In it he mapped out a future in which…
Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing, 2004. For two decades this book has well served the evangelical community as a basic textbook in ethics. First published in…
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…