Ethics

CrunchyCon- Ross Douthat to the New York Times!

Between Two Worlds- Ross Douthat Going to the New York Times

Douglas Wilson provides a thoughtful quote

Al Mohler- “The Pornification of a Culture— What’s Going on in the Office Next Door?”

“ ‘Brain Death’ as Criteria for Organ Donation is a ‘Deception’: Bereaved Mother”
HT: Tim Bayly

The Washington Times’ Cheryl Wetzstein thinks it’s time

Ross Douthat of The Atlantic with some interesting observations on social stigma

The Christian Post- “Donors Want Financial Transparency for Churches”
^{HT: Jim Peet}

A terminally ill 17-month-old child is at the center of an end-of-life care debate. Doctors insist further care is futile treatment. The family says the doctors should not be making “quality of life” decisions. Here is an article with a link to the Hospital Ethics Committee Report.

A woman in a vegetative state for six years wakes briefly, gives a TV interview.

The New England Journal of Medicine reports on a survey of doctors that gives insight into how they view their role in controversial medical procedures (like abortion). Free access to the article here.