Somehow I’ve managed to get myself onto the BBC1 Big Questions show this Sunday morning. The debate will focus on whether it is right for parents to give moral guidance to their children when it comes to sex education. This is in response to a new government policy reported here. Should they just give the [...]
Archive for the ‘Ethics & Morality’ Category
20 Feb
Adam & Eve or Adam & Steve?
Here’s a quote from an interesting article from my friend Hugh Bourne’s blog by Xander Coomber on a recent debate organised by the Lesbian and Gay Christian Movement (LGCM).
…after the debate I chatted to Clive [Gardner] about celibacy outside of marriage or a civil partnership. His response was to say that he would not confront [...]
20 Feb
Potential New Parkinson’s Disease Treatment
With a family interest in PD, the recent publication of this study makes for encouraging reading. It’s still early days, but it’s exciting to see new ethically robust research which may hold some promise for the future.
Scientists have published a paper in a medical journal describing the results of the world’s first clinical trial using [...]
16 Feb
Gair Rhydd and spiritual care
In response to this article in the Cardiff Student Newspaper this week, I think its author Rhys Howell has ignored the wealth of evidence suggesting that good care of patients’ spiritual needs is not only helpful but necessary. The NHS recommends that the spiritual needs of its patients need to be met as part of [...]
