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Thu 1 Apr, 2010

Faith and Reason

Comments (2) Filed under: Abortion, Becoming More Human, Catholic Book Reviews, Culture of Life, Human Dignity, Natural Law
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OK! One of my two major writing projects is completed and I now have time to dedicate to the blog and website again. I have probably by now lost all of my readers and will need to start from scratch. However, being me, instead of starting something new I’m going to continue the thread of thought that I left off with in my review of The Shack, even though most… Continue reading

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Fri 5 Jun, 2009

Modernism Gets It Wrong – Again

Comments (0) Filed under: Abortion, Chastity, Culture, Human Dignity, Society, Solidarity, Suffering, Truth, Worldviews
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A new law requiring insurers to cover the costs of chochlear implants for children has drawn opposition. What is the complaint? Is is that . . .

  • Government has overstepped its bounds, once again meddling in affairs that should be left to market forces?

    • No

  • the law puts undue burden on small business who now have to pay a higher premium to insure their employees?

    • No

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Tue 19 May, 2009

Sexting, Parental Standards and the Law

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A lot of buzz has been going around about the attempts made by Vermont and Ohio state legislatures to remove “sexting” (sending out naked pictures of others by cell phone) from the list of felonies that could label someone a sexual predator.

Some commentators have criticized Vermont and Ohio for not taking sexting (which is done especially by teenagers) seriously enough. Others have lauded them for saving young adults… Continue reading

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Mon 9 Feb, 2009

A Culture of Abuse

Comments (0) Filed under: Chastity, Human Dignity

When will we realize that encouraging women to promise or to sell their sexuality to men is a recipe for abuse? When will we realize that portraying women as things to be used rather than people to be loved IS abuse? Continue reading

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Mon 26 Jan, 2009

More on Human Organ Commerce

Comments (0) Filed under: Abortion, Human Dignity, Medical Ethics, Worldviews

The March, 2008, issue of First Things ran an excellent opinion piece by Gilbert Meilaender called The Giving and Taking of Organs. Meilaender quotes Paul Ramsey, whose The Patient as Person explored the moral ramifications of organ donation when the technology was still young. Ramsey (and Meilaender) explored three possible modes of receiving donated organs:

  1. Voluntary organ donation (opt-in)
  2. Automatic organ donation with an opt-out option
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