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The Living Dead: Ethical Considerations
The Terri Shiavo case leads us to consider those trapped somewhere between life and death; bodies kept alive by medical intervention with the status of… -
Debate & Discourse
A Catholic nun, Sister Margaret McBride, on the ethics committee at a Phoenix hospital was recently excommunicated for approving an abortion. The abortion, performed 11… -
Instant reactionary justice is not justice
by JT Anthony: No-one on this web site has condoned rape. No-one. You have not addressed the issue raised by Maarten – that is your… -
Why Do Right? A Secularist’s Answer
The careful and impartial student of nature will discover that therein continuous law is to be found, but no accidents or contingencies. And what we… -
Making the decision
by JT Anthony, I respect your opinion that: I personally would have not made this decision. I hope you are never in the position that… -
Why Do Right? A Secularist’s Answer
Why should we be good? The answer, from a Secular standpoint, is: Because goodness, in itself, is the basis of all true happiness; it is… -
Why Keep the Commandments?
by Maarten van den Driest and of course I had to get involved… In Reflection 35, the question is posed ‘Why should we even try… -
Why Do Right? A Secularist’s Answer
In considering the question of right and wrong we ought not to ignore any facts, however unpleasant they may be to some of us. Human… -
Why Do Right? A Secularist’s Answer
Alas! it is too true that the world, for the most part, has hitherto worshipped force. Poets, from Homer downwards, have thrilled thousands with graphic… -
Separation of Church and State
by Maarten van den Driest Re: Reflection 30 Dear Mr. Mackowiak, Although I agree with you in principle that the separation of church and state…