A person is not always a human being, but is a human being always a person? Examples abound of non-human persons: Christians believe that the Godhead consists of “three Persons of one substance”; U.S. judges have ruled that corporations are “artificial persons”; fans of Star . . . . Continue Reading »
For all of you Walker Percy fans (and I am one of them), be on the lookout for the new Walker Percy documentary by Winston Riley. Mr. Riley’s previous documentary—on the artist Walter Anderson—won a number of awards and was broadcast on PBS. According to Mr. Riley, the Percy film is . . . . Continue Reading »
Christianity Today recently added a regular feature called “Who’s Next” that highlights younger evangelicals who are pursuing interesting projects, and to introduce them and their goals to their readers. The first interview—now online—is by one of the sharpest young . . . . Continue Reading »
A blessed and happy Epiphany to you all. The Epiphany of our Lord was, in the ancient church, a day that was set aside to commemorate not only the visitation of the Magi, but the Lord’s Baptism, and his first miracle. The season of Epiphany was developed to offer separate meditation and . . . . Continue Reading »
Leadership Journal just released a responsible evaluation of the online church movement by Chad Hall. Hall’s general take is that the question of online church is forcing evangelicals to re-evaluate the presuppositions they are making in their own churches (an argument I am rather . . . . Continue Reading »
Shades of the Traci Latimer murder from Canada, now a mother in the UK has apparently overdosed her disabled son with pure heroin. And this, after she was out on bail from a previous attempt! From the story:Ten days after Thomas was admitted to hospital, [Frances] Inglis approached . . . . Continue Reading »
From Francis Canavan’s The Pluralist Game:If we take the principles of liberal individualism as axiomatic, we find it possible to think of the fetus and the woman as the parties of the first and second part arguing over their respective rights. We are then able to blind ourselves to the . . . . Continue Reading »
An article in the journal Bioethics proposes dumping intrinsic human dignity as a basis for determining bioethical principles and policies. But that would expose the most defenseless among us to the worst forms of exploitation, which the author, Alasdair Cochrane, acknowledges. From his . . . . Continue Reading »
CNN reports that a senior US military intelligence officer, Maj. Gen. Michael Flynn, condemns as incompetent the American intelligence-gathering effort in Afghanistan.Washington (CNN) — U.S. spies “can do little but shrug” when commanders ask for the information they need to fight . . . . Continue Reading »
A bioethicist named Alasdair Cochrane, who is, ironically, a deep thinker at the Centre for the Study of Human Rights in the UK, argues against intrinsic human dignity as a basis for establishing bioethical policies. He attacks various theories that promote human dignity, e.g., “as . . . . Continue Reading »
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