Tag: discrimination
No to “Quality of Life” Coronavirus Healthcare Rationing
In a world of bioethicists who primarily eschew the sanctity/equality of life ethic, Fordham University’s Charles Camosy is a refreshing ethicist worthy of the title.
Bioethics Versus Catholic Healthcare: California Court Ruling Proves My Point
A Catholic hospital chain known as Dignity Health refused to perform a hysterectomy on a transgendered male, as against Catholic moral teaching.
Martin Luther King’s Powerful Critique of Scientific Racism, Scientific Materialism
Dr. King was sharply critical of the misuse of science to promote racial discrimination, and he spoke forcefully against the idea that humans are the products of a blind material process.
Academic Freedom — Sweeping Up the Shards
Here is an article, “The New Evolution Deniers,” by evolutionary biologist Colin Wright at Penn State.
Epigenetics and Disease: Thinking Outside the Box
Science should be about exploring uncharted territories from varying, even unpopular, perspectives rather than confining ourselves to research that has been blessed by convention.