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Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 23rd, 2010
Emanuel (Emanuel E, et al., 2009, Ch 65) assesses the “reasonable availability” ethic that has come to the fore since the 1990s. He relates the generally-accepted principle that, in addition to providing a social good by developing drugs and procedures that improve community health, principles of ethical research require an equalization of risks and benefits [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 23rd, 2010
Like that winter rash that won’t go away, President Obama rolled out his version of a health care bill that adopts Senate language but not the House’s restrictive Stupak-Pitts Amendment limiting abortion coverage. About the president’s chafing itch to ram a health care bill down America’s throat, uber-cool bioethicist and attorney Wesley J. Smith warns, [...]
The Reverend Robert C. Baker, B.B.A, M.Div., M.S., is an ordained pastor in The Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod, and serves as an adjunct professor of philosophy at Lindenwood University's Belleville, IL campus. He is general editor of Natural Law: A Lutheran Reappraisal (CPH, 2011), author of "Natural Law, Human Sexuality, and Forde's 'Acid Test'" appearing in that volume, is the author of What Happened To Merry Christmas?, and has authored or edited numerous Bible studies and books.
