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...whole medical ethics debate about abortion which is often ignored when people start calling fetuses “babies.” This debate has many corollaries in and implications for the debate about cloning and stem cell research, and as such demonstrates that abortion is not the isolated moral issue that many abortion-rights opponents believe...
...question of Alba occurs all too frequently in Harvard classrooms. Intriguing questions pop up all the time in science classes only to be batted down as irrelevant because they deal with the humanities or they are neglected because there isn’t enough time to address every issue. Moral dilemmas, social implications of scientific research and even the aesthetics of green bunnies are all dismissed as beyond the scope of the material of the course. In some respects, the professor who brought up Alba is way ahead of his colleagues, most of whom would never have even raised...
...cannot help but think that he is only doing so in a desperate attempt to save his own career. Such apparent callousness has no place in a religious order, let alone in its senior clergy. Law now finds himself significantly weakened not only in political support but also in moral authority; he should resign immediately for the sake of the Church he professes to love...
Child abuse is, of course, not limited to the Catholic Church. Indeed, many studies have suggested that rates of abuse are just as high outside the Church as within it. Nonetheless, the Church is in a special position because of its claim to offer moral leadership. In the wake of his inappropriate response to the Geoghan scandal, Cardinal Law’s claims to offer such guidance have been fatally undermined. His swift departure would benefit all involved, and begin the healing process for both the victims and the Boston Archdiocese...
This is not to argue against growth or a stagnating economy, and no, it is not to advocate communism. Instead, it is to remind ourselves why we seek growth in the first place—to better our lives. The Nobel Prize-winning Harvard economist and moral philosopher Amartya Sen believes that we should replace our current definition of living standard based on income, with a living standard based on the freedom or capability to live a decent life, such as the freedom to own a home, raise a child, and to be educated. Such a change would be drastic...