A recent article by Steven Pinker, reprinted in the Age last week, tried to explain morality from an evolutionary perspective. Steven Pinker is an evolutionary…
Japanese whaling ships continue to make the news, with Greenpeace chasing them around the oceans, and Hollywood celebrities making a whale of a stink about…
There are certain topics you just can’t trust the mainstream media with. Abortion is surely one of them. Whenever the MSM deals with the subject,…
The phrase ‘righteous indignation,’ which has been around for quite some time, is meant to convey the idea of getting a bit agitated, even upset,…
Last week the US Supreme Court voted by a 5-4 majority to uphold a ban on late-term abortions. On April 18 the Court decided to…
The international feminist movement is an interesting beast. It claims to represent how women think and feel on various issues, yet it seems quite selective…
Those opposed to euthanasia have long warned about the slippery slope involved in its legalisation. Today the hard cases of the terminally ill; tomorrow, anyone…
Day One Publications, 2002. Although written for the general audience, this is a very good look at the difficult subject of euthanasia. Writing from a…
That we live in a culture of death is now apparent to even the most casual social observers. Whether the issue is abortion, euthanasia, infanticide,…
An interesting article/interview with Peter Singer appeared in the December 1 Sunday Age. Entitled, “In a softer light,” the sympathetic article tried to portray the…
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…
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…
Euthanasia is not about making sick and dying people as pain free and comfortable as possible. That is what is known as palliative care, and…
While in Canberra recently, I had time to stroll into the local ABC Shop. Much of the content of these shops, of course, can be…
Robert Nisbet once remarked that environmentalism has become the third great redemptive movement in human history, following Christianity and Marxism. Indeed it already has its…
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…
In a few days around 40,000 delegates will arrive in China to attend the World Conference on Women to be held in Beijing. The conference,…