Science & Technology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
A Life of Being-in-the-World
The profession of philosophy lost one of its most distinguished members with the death of Hubert Dreyfus…
The Real “Anti-Science”
When Bill Nye the Science Guy complains of a war being waged on science, he should look…
Al Gore’s Holy Anger
When asked how he dealt with hostile skeptics, Al Gore first advised against returning anger with anger.…
Creation Careless
In 2008, I argued in Creation Care magazine that John McCain was the only candidate who could…
“Speciesism” Opens the Door to Bigotry
Princeton bioethicist Peter Singer popularized “speciesism,” a derogatory term for the belief that it is acceptable to…
The Pig-Man Isn’t
There has been much handwringing about the news that scientists injected human stem cells into pig embryos,…
Bioethics in 2017
Aside from Donald Trump’s call to “repeal and replace” Obamacare and Hillary Clinton’s promise to repeal the…
My Orange Juice Came from Brazil
A couple of weeks ago when I was having breakfast, I noticed that my “not from concentrate”…
Kingdom of Language
The Kingdom of Speechby tom wolfelittle, brown and company, 192 pages, $26 Despite its title, Tom Wolfe’s…
A “Merciless Assault on Human Dignity”
The archbishop of Toronto is given to deprecating himself as “just a simple country cardinal.” In my…
Chaplains of Death
It’s an appalling document. In a pastoral letter, ten Catholic Bishops of the Canadian Atlantic Episcopal Assembly…
Our Own Devices
A flickering glow welcomed me to my university’s chapel service. Votive candles? If only. No, these were…
Euthanizing Children
The death of a terminally ill seventeen-year-old boy made headlines recently, as Belgium’s first case of child…
Delight in the Good
I’m tempted to concur with the diagnosis of our current malaise offered by Carl Trueman: “[E]ntertainment is…
“Death Control” and the Bioethics Peril
Thousands of medical ethicists and bioethicists, as they are called, professionally guide the unthinkable on its passage…
