Science & Technology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
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…
Away With the Animals
The Humane Economy: How Innovators and Enlightened Consumers Are Transforming the Lives of Animalsby Wayne PacelleWilliam Morrow,…
Brave New World Should Be an Election Issue
“The theme of Brave New World is not the advancement of science as such,” wrote Aldous Huxley…
Against Moral Complexity
In today’s divided moral landscape, with thoughtful, well-meaning people on both sides of every issue, there’s no…
A Subjective Definition of “Death” Would Unleash Great Evil
Most people understand the word “death” to mean the end of biological life or, as Merriam-Webster defines…
Euthanasia by Organ Harvesting
Shallow are the souls that have forgotten how to shudder.—Leon Kass The ethics of medicine aren’t what…
The God of the Womb and the World
The earth is the Lord’s and the fullness thereof.” Psalm 24:1 is a popular verse in Christian…
In Carbon and Capitalism We Trust?
At the Crossroads” was ostensibly a conservative gathering in Austin to discuss energy and “so-called global warming”…
The Moral Universe of Hannibal
A woman lovingly plucks a dead pheasant. A man places a human arm on a cutting board…
Same-Sex Marriage and Heresy
In the wake of the Supreme Court’s ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges, many people have been wondering…
Let’s Listen to the Pope on Climate
The Syllabus of Errors, issued in 1864 under the auspices of Pope Pius IX, famously ends by…
