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Reflecting God’s image or usurping his position?

September 14, 2020 Written by End of Life , Humanity , Medical Practice , New Technologies

For as long as humans have been keeping records, they have been recording their fight against the ultimate enemy – death. Up until a certain point in history, every new advance in technology was aimed at postponing the hour when the grim reaper would come […]

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The ethics of emergencies must not become policy for peacetime

April 2, 2020 Written by End of Life , Humanity , Medical Practice

One of the questions proponents of abortion like to pose to their opponents runs like this: If you were in a hospital that was burning down, would you save a tray full of frozen embryos or a single child? This is supposed to prove that […]

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Human dignity – a perspective from disability

December 5, 2019 Written by Humanity

‘In a hyper-competitive culture in which even baking a cake is a fight almost to the death… what does it mean to live a fulfilled life; to be fully human?’ This question was posed by actress and comedienne Sally Phillips in the lecture she gave […]

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Treatment of Gender Dysphoria in children – the Tavistock experiment

October 17, 2019 Written by Humanity , Medical Practice

The clinical management of children experiencing Gender Dysphoria is a hot topic with often very polarised views on how they should be treated. There is huge concern about the mental health of our children and young people in general and how society and the medical […]

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Will a robot look after you one day?

June 17, 2019 Written by Humanity , New Technologies

This is not a theoretical question. Robots are already widely used as ‘carers’ in Japan, the UK has a rapidly ageing population, an average of 900 care workers per day are leaving the profession due to low wages and tough conditions and there is a severe […]