
Suggested Books: Personal Favourites
The following are books in alphabetical order that we have read and enjoyed as opposed to books one is supposed to have read and enjoyed. Some of these books would be better introduced with warning labels than [...]
Euthanasia: Principles and Observations from a Christian Perspective
Although euthanasia is commonly understood to be the epitome of mercy and the logical extension of "death with dignity", the legalization of euthanasia should be expected to lead to forms of killing which have no [...]
Hippocrates and Medicine in the Third Millenium
For most people Hippocrates is a shadowy figure somehow connected to the ethical practice of medicine; they feel vaguely comforted by the supposed fact that doctors take a Hippocratic Oath of practice upon graduation. [...]
The Myth of Moral Neutrality
You must not impose your views on your patients. Of course not, we all agree. So you must practice medicine from a non-judgmental, morally neutral stance. Now here is a wild extrapolation. Judgement is [...]
Recommended Articles
Recommended Articles Barr, Stephen M., Retelling the Story of Science Benedict XVI, University of Regensburg, Three Stages in the Program of De-Hellenization, Sept. 2006 Benedict XVI’s Planned Lecture at La Sapienza, The Truth Makes Us [...]
The Erosion of Tolerance
Human societies need the general acceptance of the rule of law if they are to function, and that acceptance has to be deeply rooted if they are to flourish. The law easily defines what we [...]
Remember to Remember: The Modern Implications of Abortion
Remember to remember is a recurrent divine command. God wants us to remember the past in order to celebrate the good and learn to avoid evil. Equally recurrently, the children of Israel forgot to remember [...]
We Are All Religious
We are all religious. We all have faith commitments whether we are Jews, Christians, Muslims or Secularists to take only the dominant approaches in the western world. The first three have significantly different beliefs about [...]
Meaning, Metaphor and Allusion
Christian Imagination in a Visual Culture Test your imagination. Do these passages call to mind their Biblical context for you? Standing amid the alien corn Eyeless in Gaza The Prodigal Son Who knew not Joseph [...]
Apologetics in the Workplace: Notes on Justice from a Book of Quotations
I carry with me a little pocket book of quotations I have collected over the years. This little book provides me with apparently innocent opening gambits in the game of trying to defend the place [...]