The New York Times Magazine has a long and interesting article today about the moral life of babies. The story’s main thesis, after establishing evidence for a rudimentary infant morality—such as babies preferring “good guy” puppets, I can’t do the evidence . . . . Continue Reading »
Australian Anglicans have made a doctrinal pronouncement to the effect that having children is tantamount to breaking the eighth commandment (or the seventh, if you are Catholic or Lutheran): Anglicans argue for fewer kids. According to this report in The Sydney Morning Herald,The Anglican Church . . . . Continue Reading »
. . . that Apple’s big breakthrough into the field of optometry will come with the introduction of the revolutionary new . . . . Continue Reading »
Ralph presents his case against Rawls below. Although I agree with much of it, I think he goes too far. Here are a few rather disordered suggestions intended less to vindicate Rawls than to complicate the picture: 1. We need to distinguish between Rawls an sich (as it were) and what Ralph describes . . . . Continue Reading »
My first published piece arguing against assisted suicide appeared in Newsweek’s “My Turn” feature way back in 1993. Among other points, I warned that assisted suicide would one day be tied to organ transplantation “as a plum to society.” This has been advocated . . . . Continue Reading »
I found the article about the Belgian euthanasia coupled with organ harvesting referenced in my critique yesterday of a bioethics journal article urging that very approach. The woman in question was not terminally ill, but in a “locked-in” state, that is, fully conscious and . . . . Continue Reading »
This isn’t the first time that coupling assisted suicide/euthanasia has been suggested as a potential concept, but it may be the first time it has been actively advocated. Oxford bioethicists Julian Savulescu—for whom virtually anything goes—writing with Dominic Wilkinson . . . . Continue Reading »
Congratulations to Princeton legal philosopher and constitutional scholar Robert George, a member of the board of First Things , on being awarded the Honorific Medal for the Defense of Human Rights of the Republic of Poland , which recognizes outstanding achievement in the field of human rights. . . . . Continue Reading »
Earlier this week in a post on fundraising—by the way, have you made a donation and taken advantage of the half-price print subscription rate ?—a reader asked: For its readers, does FT consider them “family,” part of a greater FT community? That’s an excellent question. I . . . . Continue Reading »
Balmès believes that babies, like good bourbon, are best served neat. Continue Reading »
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