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Commentary ethics

Should Profit be Maximized?

Nov 20, 2009 | Angus Sibley
The obsession with profit maximization is harmful. But what is adequate profitability?

Death Panels are here

Nov 15, 2009 | Nancy Valko
An experienced RN worries that Obamacare will further an existing quality-of-life argument in favor of euthanasia.

Netherlands: suicide website for teenagers

Nov 12, 2009 | Martin Barillas
For a little more than 17 euros, even teenagers over 16 can access detailed information on how to effectively commit suicide on Dutch website.

Michigan wins federal grant for stem-cell research

Nov 4, 2009 | Jim Erickson
Scientists at the University of Michigan were granted $6.8 million in stimulus-fund grants for research on adult and embryonic stemcells.

Austria: Medical conference on terminally-ill

Nov 3, 2009 | Spero News
Ethics knows neither social state nor age limit, and the desire to live is much stronger than the wish to die among terminally-ill patients.

Catholics need no advice from Humanists

Oct 5, 2009 | William Donohue
The International Humanist and Ethical Union condemned the Vatican for not dealing responsibly with sexual abuse. The Vatican will soon release a report to the Committee on the Rights of the Child, a U.N. agency.

Disney, Environmentalism, and Churches

Oct 1, 2009 | Stephanie Block

Media shows double standard on Roman Polanski

Sep 29, 2009 | William Donohue
Accused of sodomizing a 13-year-old girl some 30 years ago, famed director Roman Polanski has gotten support from artists and journalists. Why no such defense for Catholic priests?

Same-sex parenting is insane

Sep 19, 2009 | David van Gende
It is time to say out loud that every child needs the love of a father and a mother.
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"Nancy Valko's recollection of medical ethics from 40 years ago is selective because the original death panels for premature babies started in 1955 when nursery doctors decided that baby-blinding retinopathy of prematurity was caused by "defective germ plasm". They ..."
posted by Peter Aleff in Death Panels are here
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