by Kevin Bauder | Jul 22, 2017 | Anthropology, Bioethics
Maureen Condic’s essay at the Witherspoon Institute is a combination of philosophy, bioethics, and science fiction. It’s worth a read. Here is her conclusion: Stated in more philosophical terms, “rational animal” is the essential definition of a human...
by Kevin Bauder | Feb 6, 2017 | America, Bioethics, Culture, Ethics, How the Left Thinks, Social Issues
Apparently, from now on “boy” scouts may be biological girls, as long as they identify as boys on their applications. This from BSA: Starting today, we will accept and register youth in the Cub and Boy Scout programs based on the gender identity indicated...
by Kevin Bauder | Dec 22, 2016 | Anthropology, Bioethics, Culture, Ethics, Judiciary
In a refreshingly sensible decision, a Canadian judge has ruled that dogs are property and not family members.
by Kevin Bauder | Dec 1, 2016 | Bioethics, Ethics, Politics, Uncategorized
Building upon work by Peter Kreeft, Justin Taylor helps us think about a reasoned case against seeing abortion as a right. If I seem to be linking to a lot of Taylor’s writing, it’s because he has been doing some pretty good stuff. This essay is no...
by Kevin Bauder | Oct 12, 2016 | Bioethics, Documents, Downloads, Ethics
A couple of quotations: The understanding of sexual orientation as an innate, biologically fixed property of human beings—the idea that people are “born that way”—is not supported by scientific evidence. The hypothesis that gender identity is an innate, fixed property...
by Kevin Bauder | Oct 7, 2016 | Bioethics, Our Alumni, Tributes
Yep, you read that right. In addition to our for-credit students, we also have many individuals who audit or even visit classes. Several years ago, we had several men from Rochester who would drive up to audit night classes. One of them, Haidong Dong, was a research...
