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Of Vincent Lambert and Ethical Rubicons
Vincent Lambert is dead. The forty-two-year-old Frenchman, who breathed his last yesterday in Reims, didn’t die by…
The Least of These
There has been much righteous criticism of the forty-four Democratic senators who thwarted a bill that would…
The Case Against CRISPR Babies
A few days after Thanksgiving, a Chinese scientist named He Jiankui shocked the global community by announcing…
Art Rethought
I’m writing next to a stack of books, atop which is one of the most contrarian and…
Getting Out of God’s Way
Sometimes it takes a greater hero to refuse a destructive drink than to stand with a bayonet,…
The “Medical Conscience” Civil Rights Movement
Until recently, healthcare was not culturally controversial. Medicine was seen as primarily concerned with extending lives, curing…
Lent at Planned Parenthood
A few days ago I did something I’d never done before: I joined a group of people…
Your Mind Uploaded in a Computer Would Not Be You
Man, who is born of woman, is short-lived and full of turmoil. Like a flower he comes…
My Protestant Oscar Predictions
I make a point of never watching the Oscars. If I want to waste four hours of…
Joseph Fletcher’s Dark Dreams Becoming Our Reality
Joseph Fletcher (1905–1991) was one the most influential philosophers and bioethicists of the twentieth century. His advocacy…
Trump is Letting Scientists Play God
President Donald J. Trump could care less about biotechnology. How else to explain his total failure to…
Self-Sacrificial Love in the Bioethics-Sphere
Kiss today goodbye And point me toward tomorrow. We did what we had to do. Won’t forget, can’t regret What…
Apple Sabotages Itself
Perhaps these laws we are trying to unravel do not exist at all. There is a small…
An AI Thanksgiving Proclamation
We live in metaphysically desolate times. An increasing number of us—particularly among the millennial generation—now reject Christianity…
Awaiting Our Comeuppance
Sometimes, older works of literature provide a good starting point for reflections that strike at the root…
