Tag: public policy
C. S. Lewis Foresaw Scientism’s Totalitarian Potential
According to Lewis, science steps dangerously outside its bounds when it assumes it has all knowledge, especially moral knowledge.
Thomas Aquinas Weighs in on the Coronavirus and Public Policy
Scientists should have “stayed in their lane,” giving policymakers the information that science can provide about a potential pandemic, and left the political calculations alone.
New Jersey’s Suicide Confusion
With COVID-19, New Jersey officials are worried about a spike in suicide caused by the shutdown.
Balancing Lives, Economics, and Public Policy in This Plague
Our political policy makers (the President, Congress and the Senate, governors, etc.) should make their calculus transparent.
Nature Says Bioethics Is Obsolete
In such a milieu in which there really is no “right” and “wrong,” who needs bioethicists?