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…
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…
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…
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 recent surrogate birth to Federal Labor MP Stephen Conroy and partner has reignited a long-standing debate about the ethics of surrogacy. As with all…
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…
Those who would cannibalise the human embryo continue to hype their cause, this time with the possibility of stem cell extraction which leaves the embryo…
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…
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…
The current debate about RU486 has resulted in a flurry of claims and counter claims over the abortion issue. It is worth examining several of…
The issues of cloning in general and stem cell research in particular have swamped the media during the past several years. As in earlier debates…
A new government paper on assisted reproductive technologies (ART) is a great example of how taxpayers are being fleeced while activist agendas are being pursued.…
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…
This volume does a good job of showing the various shortcomings of science, and debunking the myth of the neutrality of science.
In the culture wars, fair fights are hard to come by. Sometimes the odds are so stacked against you, that you hardly feel like wading…
Australian Federation of Right to Life Associations, 2003. Recent developments in medical technology, the increasing secularization of society, and the return of eugenics have combined…
Twenty five years ago the world’s first in vitro fertilization (IVF) baby was born in England. Since then over a million babies have been born by…
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,…