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No Stable Rights without Intrinsic Human Value

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:42 PM

Most pro-choicers know the fetal human being is scientifically alive. What they’re really objecting to is the idea of intrinsic human value—i.e., the idea that every member of...

Media Type: Article Topic: Bioethics

Does a Fetus Have a Soul?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 10:54 PM

The argument that an acorn isn’t an oak but a potential oak isn’t true. How does this apply to humans?

Media Type: Article Topic: Bioethics

Active and Passive Euthanasia

Web Content Article · By guest author On Jun 26, 2019 11:07 PM

Here are some basic ethical distinctions by way of background. I won’t cover all the bases in the active/passive debate (active—taking lives, passive—letting die).

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Is a Human Being Valuable?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:08 PM

If alleviating suffering is the goal that has intrinsic value, and not the person itself, why could we not experiment on it so we can increase our scientific knowledge in a way that might alleviate...

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End of Life Ethics: A Primer

Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 26, 2019 11:09 PM

That’s the challenge I’ve heard a number of times from advocates of starving Terri Schiavo to death. It usually comes in the conversation when what they’ve offered so far in the way of...

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I’m Not Dead Yet

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:10 PM

Why are human beings valuable? What is a human being? You have to answer those questions before you can say that this child isn’t a human being without value.

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Religion and Euthanasia

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:10 PM

You believe that euthanasia should be allowed because it eases the psychological or physical suffering of a person. Is that correct?

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Ethical Stem Cell Therapies Are the Successful Therapies

Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:46 PM

Christianity Today reports: [Scientists] have learned how to reprogram adult cells so that they can do many things an embryonic cell can do.

Media Type: Article Topic: Bioethics

Why the First Hospital to Do Sex-Reassignment Surgeries No Longer Does Them

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM

Paul McHugh (former psychiatrist in chief at Johns Hopkins) explains why Hopkins stopped doing sex-reassignment surgeries.

Media Type: Article Topic: Bioethics

Hobby Lobby Decision Summary

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM

The Supreme Court’s decision on whether or not corporations like Hobby Lobby are protected by the Religious Freedom Restoration Act came down today. Here’s a quick summary.

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Hobby Lobby: Good News, Bad News, and a Warning

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM

Here’s some good news, some bad news, and a warning regarding the Supreme Court’s Hobby Lobby decision.

Media Type: Article Topic: Bioethics

Must We Kill Humans to Save Other Humans?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:49 PM

The test was positive. He had cancer. The tumor was only six centimeters, but because it was in his trachea (his windpipe), it had almost completely blocked his ability to breathe.

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Death with Dignity

Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:49 PM

I’m very sorry to hear that Brittany Maynard ended her life Saturday. My sincere condolences to her husband, family, and friends.

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Death with Dignity

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:50 PM

“Death with dignity” distorts the truth as if those who let nature take its course are not dying with dignity.

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Kill Humans to Save Humans? Taking the Heat

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:50 PM

This month, Alan asks, “Must we kill humans to save other humans?“ and Brett talks about the reaction we should expect from the world, even when we’re loving.

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Embryonic Stem Cell Success

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:50 PM

This past November I wrote that embryonic stem cell research (ESCR) had not led to any successful human treatments. I was wrong.

Media Type: Article Topic: Bioethics

Quick Thought: Putting Them Out of Their Misery?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:52 PM

Years ago, I debated a physician-assisted suicide initiative. I was against it for what they considered religious reasons. Therefore, they thought I was forcing my religious point of view on other...

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Communicate a Pro-Life Argument in Two Minutes or Less

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:54 PM

Could you make a pro-life case that doesn’t employ religious reasons? Scott Klusendorf explains how to communicate a secular pro-life argument in two minutes or less.

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A Secular Argument for Intrinsic Human Value

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:55 PM

If we can convince people our value comes not from the abilities we’re expressing at a particular moment in time but from the kind of being we are, then a case for universal intrinsic human...

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Are There Moral Implications to Cremation vs. Burial?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 25, 2019 5:44 PM

As Christians, should we be concerned with what happens to our bodies after we die?

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Why Do Christians Fight Against Euthanasia Laws?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 25, 2019 11:47 PM

Alan responds to the question: If going to Heaven is so great, why do Christians want to prolong unhappy life on Earth?

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Embryos Are Not Just a Clump of Cells

Web Content Article · By guest author On Oct 11, 2024 7:02 PM

In this clip from our Reality Student Apologetics Conference, Megan Almon uses a Polaroid photograph to illustrate how human life, though initially unseen, is valuable and fully present from the...

Media Type: Video Topic: Bioethics

Interview: Rosaria Butterfield, Openness Unhindered, Further Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert on Sexual Identity and Union with Christ

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:43 PM

Greg talks with Rosaria Butterfield about her conversion, sexual identity, and the Christian’s union with Christ.

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Rosaria Butterfield Interview with Greg Koukl

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:44 PM

Openness Unhindered: Further Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert on Sexual Identity and Union with Christ

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#STRask: October 23, 2017

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:50 PM

Greg’s on a timer and answers questions about the pro-life answer when the life of the mother is at stake, and suicide.