Tag: ethics
We Must Anticipate the Real Dangers of Assisted Suicide
Earlier this week a friend shared an article with me titled We Can’t Afford a Taboo on Assisted Dying. What gave rise to its publication is the Scottish parliament’s present...
Augustine On Blood Sports: "Sipping Animality"
Towards the end of last year I put up an article exploring the ethics surrounding human blood sports, particularly boxing and MMA. I argued that blood sports have created a...
Blood Sports: An Acceptable Context To Celebrate Violence
A friend recently told me about the first and last time he attended a boxing match. We were talking about a couple of my posts asking whether Christians should watch...
Would You Watch Porn If The Plots Were Better?
Would you watch porn if the plots were better? That probably sounds like a silly question to most readers. For few people pretend to watch porn for its rich characterisation,...
Should Christians Watch Blood Sports?
There is no chapter and verse I can quote to answer the question posed by my title. In fact, the Bible itself is a particularly bloody historical record, from the...
