Aug07

The Life and Legacy of Marie Stopes

The Life and Legacy of Marie Stopes 10 Things You May Not know About the Founder of Marie Stopes International.        Marie Stopes was a paleobotanist.  Marie Stopes was awarded a PhD in paleobotany from the University of Munich in 1904, and became the youngest doctor of science in Britain; she was the first female academic at the University of Manchester. 2. Marie Stopes did not approve of divorce or abortion. Marie...

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May22

Peter Singer: The Utility of Euthanasia

Peter Singer: The Utility of Euthanasia   Below are some extracts  from Peter Singer’s book: ‘Practical Ethics’ on the topic of euthanasia, and a few points to be taken from each one.   Singer starts by stating that for euthanasia to be safely enacted, safeguards would need to exist, in order to protect people from being wrongfully killed. But he denies the effectiveness of such a safeguard in his next...

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May07

Peter Singer: The Ethics of Infanticide

   Peter Singer: The Ethics of Infanticide   Peter Singer was named by Time magazine as one of the most influential people in the world in 2005, so it might be interesting to look at some of his ideas and how they have permeated the pro-life landscape in the last ten years. As Professor of Bioethics at Princeton University and Laureate Professor to the University of Melbourne, Peter Singer is in a position to influence this...

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