After birth abortion.

http://jme.bmj.com/content/early/2012/02/22/medethics-2011-100411.full

An interesting little article on abortion.

Abortion and Gender

All over the news this week have been stories about the Telegraph's under-cover investigation into doctors who performed abortions on the grounds of gender selection. While this is illegal, and obviously immoral, I find peoples' outrage about this somewhat baffling! The law states that a woman can have an abortion on the grounds of disability; or on the grounds if her health - what's so different about gender selection? Surely, if these outraged folk took their outrage to its logical conclusion they would see that abortion on all grounds is immoral. Check out the story: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/9103839/Scotland-Yard-launches-investigation-into-doctors-who-agreed-to-illegal-abortions-of-baby-girls.html Mlane

Abortion and mental health....

A pro-lifer's experience of a pro choice meeting: http://whyiamprolife.blogspot.com/2012/02/undercover-at-pro-abortion-meeting.html

Organ Donation

There are numerous moral and theological questions surrounding organ donation. If you needed an organ because one of yours had failed, would you accept one? It might be an opportunity for good to come from a tragic event. One might see it as a great act of love. Or, one might argue that it is important to preserve the integrity of the human body because all people are made in the image and likeness of God. Like we ask the question, 'when does life begin?' -we also ask the question of when does life end? When a persons' heart stops? When they are brain stem dead? Or is it enough to be in a PVS? Should people be compelled to donate organs? Should people who donate organs be able to specify what sort of person their organs might go to? Check out 'The Moral Maze' on radio four Saturday 18th February. Mlane

Illegal praying..?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-16980025



A right to die?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16957125

Should this man be allowed help to end his own life?

Faith and Politics

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-16953621



Are we living beyond our means?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-16918000

A2 ethicists check this story out - it is relevant to our next topic!

Newman on conscience

This should really be in our notes section. Rhetoric, make sure you can articulate Newman's concept of the illative sense.