'General' Category
Center for Bioethics Announces Academy of Fellows
The Center for Bioethics is pleased to announce its new Academy of Fellows, six Cederville faculty from a variety of disciplines, working together with director Dennis Sullivan to engage contemporary bioethics issues. Center Fellows: Sharon Christman, PhD, Professor of Nursing Charles Dolph, PhD, Professor of Psychology Shawn Graves, PhD, Assistant Professor of Philosophy Jeffrey Lewis, PharmD, Assistant [...]
Top Student Papers in Bioethics
Volume 10, Issues 1 and 2 of CedarEthics Online is now available. Each year for the past ten years, CE Online has published outstanding student papers in bioethics from the previous academic year. Publication in this online format is by invitation only, and represents written research of unusual quality and broad interest. The newest papers [...]
Conscience Rights Under Attack
The Council of Europe, composed of 47 member countries, will soon debate a resolution to “regulate the right of conscientious objection” in health care. If the resolution passes, this would have chilling effects for European health care professionals. The measure outlines three key provisions in regard to abortion: 1) The obligation to perform the procedure [...]
Civil Disobedience: Has it Come to This?
Followers of the Center for Bioethics and this blog know that I have endorsed and signed the Manhattan Declaration, a Christian statement of solidarity in defense of the sanctity of life, traditional marriage, and religious liberty. In previous posts (1/10/2010 and 7/06/2010), I have pointed out that speaking out for life, families, and conscience may [...]
Freedom of Worship is Not Enough
Followers of the Center for Bioethics know that I have signed and endorsed the Manhattan Declaration (see A Christian Call to Action earlier this year). This public statement, drafted by prominent theologians and religious leaders, endorses three primary principles: 1) the sanctity of human life; 2) the dignity of marriage as the conjugal union of [...]
Free Will: Does it Exist? Does it Matter? (21)
Is free will just an illusion? Determinism implies that human beings have no real choices. If so, then moral philosophy and ethics have no basis. Here are excerpts from a debate between a theist (Dr. Dennis Sullivan, Cedarville University) and an atheist (Dr. William Provine, Cornell University). Sources: Robert Kane: A Contemporary Introduction to Free [...]
Are You a Speciesist?
Hello, my name is Dennis, and I suffer from speciesism, a terrible “moral flaw” and an “addictive condition.” People with this condition think that human beings are somehow special, and entitled to more rights than other species. For more information on these matters, read the “confession” of my fellow speciesist, Ben Mitchell. His story is [...]
Do We Have Free Will?
Now wait a minute, you may say. That’s a silly question. Of course we have free will — we all make choices, and we are accountable for our actions. Hmm, not so fast. Some claim that only physical and naturalistic forces are at work in the universe. What we perceive as free will is merely [...]
A Christian Call to Action
As we begin the New Year, I have mixed feelings about the ethical direction of American society – a curious combination of unease and hope. Unease, because it appears that Congress and the courts are increasing their efforts to devalue human life and to attack the family. But I also have hope, in the growing [...]
Cleaning House
The President’s Council on Bioethics has been disbanded. The White House has told the members last week that their services are no longer required. Appointed in November, 2001 by the Bush Administration, the Council has provided valuable input on some of the most difficult ethical issues in our modern culture. New technologies, both at the [...]
