Written by Angela Shanahan.
Christians should beware of the lure of the Australian Greens. Underneath the nostalgia for a less consumer-orientated society where the ideals of community and eco-friendly natural harmony prevail, and humanitarian causes like refugees are embraced, there lies a dangerous philosophical ethic which, far from being a coherent choice for Christians, in fact [...]
In recent podcast interview on Philosophy Bites, philosopher Jeff McMahan argues that humans shouldn’t eat meat, because killing animals deprives them of valuable future life experiences. He believes that the morally bad act of cruelly depriving another conscious being of its future life outweighs the good that humans derive from eating animals. What do you think?
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Professor D. Gareth Jones: ISCAST (NSW) - CASE Lecture
Date: 29 May, 2009
Venue: New College, University of NSW
Professor D. Gareth Jones presented this ISCAST-CASE lecture in the Common Room at New College, The University of NSW at 7.30 pm on Friday May 29th.
Prof Gareth Jones is a Professor of Anatomy & Structural Biology and Deputy Vice-Chancellor [...]