I know, it's not Catholic. It is, however, oddly prophetic. I think that counts well enough to link.Download brave_new_world_side_1.mp3
Download brave_new_world_side_2.mp3
(Source 1 and 2).
Showing posts with label Bioethics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bioethics. Show all posts
I know, it's not Catholic. It is, however, oddly prophetic. I think that counts well enough to link.Download brave_new_world_side_1.mp3
Download brave_new_world_side_2.mp3
(Source 1 and 2).
Here are some miscellaneous talks from the audio grab-bag. I have no idea the orthodoxy level of these talks, but they're all given from a generally conservative point of view. Take that for what it's worth...
Hadley Arkes on how the defense in the courts of the "right to privacy" has transformed thinking about law and rights in American society
Terence Nichols on how and why religion has become so privatized in America
Jewish bioethicist (and former head of the President's Council on Bioethics) Leon Kass, on how new technologies have changed the assumptions many people have about their children
Russell Hittinger on the reasoning behind the upholding of a right to physician-assisted suicide in Compassion in Dying v. Washington
Bradley J. Birzer on how Tolkien understood the idea of myth
Nigel Cameron on the obstacles and opportunities facing Christians concerned about bioethics
Ralph C. Wood on how Tolkien viewed the use and meaning of human language
James A. Herrick on Mormonism, gnosticism, and the significance of Luke Skywalker
Thomas de Zengotita, on postmodern individualism and "reality" TV
Calvin Stapert, on the sense of resolution, completion, and the sense of the goodness of creation in Mozart's music.
James A. Herrick, on evolution as a religion.
Patrick Deneen, on how Wendell Berry’s thought demonstrates his identity as a “Kentucky Aristotelian.”
Matthew Dickerson, on the glory of trees and the shepherdhood of ents.
Hadley Arkes on how the defense in the courts of the "right to privacy" has transformed thinking about law and rights in American societyTerence Nichols on how and why religion has become so privatized in America
Jewish bioethicist (and former head of the President's Council on Bioethics) Leon Kass, on how new technologies have changed the assumptions many people have about their children
Russell Hittinger on the reasoning behind the upholding of a right to physician-assisted suicide in Compassion in Dying v. Washington
Bradley J. Birzer on how Tolkien understood the idea of myth
Nigel Cameron on the obstacles and opportunities facing Christians concerned about bioethics
Ralph C. Wood on how Tolkien viewed the use and meaning of human language
James A. Herrick on Mormonism, gnosticism, and the significance of Luke Skywalker
Thomas de Zengotita, on postmodern individualism and "reality" TV
Calvin Stapert, on the sense of resolution, completion, and the sense of the goodness of creation in Mozart's music.
James A. Herrick, on evolution as a religion.
Patrick Deneen, on how Wendell Berry’s thought demonstrates his identity as a “Kentucky Aristotelian.”
Matthew Dickerson, on the glory of trees and the shepherdhood of ents.
This shouldn't be news to anyone who comes here, but maybe you could print it out and give it to your friend who doesn't accept "religious arguments" about (1) research which kills embryonic humans and (2) abortion. You know the one. Oh, and did I mention it's from First Things?
Get the White Paper (in .pdf format) entitled "When Does Human Life Begin?"
First, a disclaimer. Wesley J. Smith isn't Catholic. I don't claim he represents Church teaching, so know that going in. Don't expect Catechism because that isn't what he does.
That said...I haven't disagreed with him about a bioethics issue yet. Perhaps there's something out there he's blindingly wrong about, but I haven't seen it. After a few years of pseudo-regularly reading him, everything he advocates appears to be in alignment with Church teaching.
SO...here's the skinny:
That said...I haven't disagreed with him about a bioethics issue yet. Perhaps there's something out there he's blindingly wrong about, but I haven't seen it. After a few years of pseudo-regularly reading him, everything he advocates appears to be in alignment with Church teaching.
SO...here's the skinny:
I am back in the podcast business, renamed from Brave New Bioethics to What It Means to be Human. After consulting with my colleagues at the Discovery Institute--which is producing the broadcast--we decided that since I am dealing with issues well beyond bioethics now, the new title was warranted.
In the first edition, I define some of the threats to human exceptionalism and argue that accepting the intrinsic value of human life simply because it is human is the necessary intellectual condition precedent (as we lawyers say) to universal human rights.
Check it out.
Here is the RSS Feed.
Here's a 4 part series.
DOES LIFE HAVE ULTIMATE VALUE SIMPLY BECAUSE IT IS HUMAN?
Award winning author and bioethicist, Wesley J. Smith, gives an important lecture on the value of human life and the shortcomings of many of the ethical system that are held today. The lecture was presented at Trinity Law School on March 14, 2008
DOES LIFE HAVE ULTIMATE VALUE SIMPLY BECAUSE IT IS HUMAN?
Award winning author and bioethicist, Wesley J. Smith, gives an important lecture on the value of human life and the shortcomings of many of the ethical system that are held today. The lecture was presented at Trinity Law School on March 14, 2008
Wesley J. Smith writes:
I will!
My pal Bill Hurlbut expounds in this radio interview on the moral responsibilities of scientists, the human future, and other matters of interest to SHSers. For example, he explains why he holds the human embryo as having intrinsic moral worth:It is a very NPRish interview--don't expect sound bites. But it is an important conversation about profound issues. Check it out.
A lot of what I was hearing [during deliberations of the President's Council on Bioethics] by way of argument [in favor of human cloning] was actually just natural moral sentiments. People were saying, "How can you count something that is no bigger than a period at the end of a sentence the equivalent of a 3-year-old?" Well, in a way we don't by nature, but we do by mind. We can recognize the continuity as a living organism. And that...was for me a very crucial connection. I realized that each one of us started in those early phases with an absolutely magnificent intrinsic power to unfold in our individual form. Each one of us is unique and an unrepeatable gift of life. And in that sense, I decided...that human embryos should have moral worth that is worthy of protection and nurture.
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He Speaks! "Why Being Human Matters"
I am often asked where people can see recordings of my speeches. The Discovery Institute just posted online one I made there last year, called "Why Being Human Matters: Bioethics, Animal Liberation, and the Threat to Human Exceptionalism." Hit this link, and I will appear after a very nice introduction from Bruce Chapman, the head of the DI. In the speech I address the importance of human exceptionalism, personhood theory, animal rights, transhumanism, and the all that jazz. I only have one question: When did I get so gray?
I found this podcast today and it looks pretty interesting. I'm posting the episodes I want to listen to first, but if you want to scour the archives on your own, here's the site:Discount Babies, Discounting Dignity
by Sarah J. Flashing, MA
Podcast Episode 076
Article
The Sanctity of Life: Rethinking Eternal Truths in a New Political Era
by David P. Gushee, PhD
Podcast Episode 075
Article
How much do we care when truth replaces fiction? Ethical conduct and human subject research in Africa
Gregory W. Rutecki, MD
Podcast Episode 068
Article
Permissibility to Accept Refusal of Potentially Life-Saving Treatment
Gregory W. Rutecki, MD
Podcast Episode 059
Article
A Good Death
by John T. Dunlop, MD
Podcast Episode 058
Article
Book Link: Begotten or Made?
by Kevin Vanhoozer, PhD
Podcast Episode 052
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Conservative and Liberal Bioethics
by Amy Laura Hall, PhD
Part 1 - Podcast Episode 048
Part 2 - Podcast Episode 049
Over at A Catholic iPod they've posted some rather interesting and worthwhile audio shows. He writes:
An update to posts here and here, I have added audio shows 12-16 from Spirit Catholic Radio with Dr. Thomas Hilgers, founder of the Pope Paul VI Institute for The Study of Human Reproduction. A summary - Contraception increases out-of-wedlock pregnancy rates. A doctor will give the pill for menstrual cramps and in the back of the doctor’s mind he will say “and she won’t get pregnant.” Dr. Hilgers discusses the HPV vaccine. Artificial Reproduction Technology - Are we ever going to find a cure for infertility? If we continue down the artificial road we will never find a cure because it is not interested in the causes. About 6.2 million women have some type of impaired infertility. The causes of recurrent miscarriages. What is endometriosis and the treatment and causes. The pharmaceutical industry is not a friend of the NaProTechnology treatments, but some Compounding Pharmacists are interested. (Click Links to listen.)
Show 12: Teens and the Birth Control Pill
Show 13: Artificial Reproduction Technology
Show 14: Women Healed- Infertility
Show 15: Women Healed- Recurrent Spontaneous Abortion
Show 16: Women Healed- Endometriosis
Life Talk, sponsored by the Archdiocese of Chicago, airs once per month on Relevant Radio 820AM. Host Mary-Louise Kurey discusses life issues. Subscribe to this feed using this address: http://www.archstreaming.us/podcastLIFETALK/podcast.asp
Life Talk
Respect Life Director Mary-Louise Kurey interviews guests Joe Schiedler, Ann Schiedler and Wayne Smith.
Aired: 1/2/2008 Download Show (21212280 bytes)
Stem Cells and Pro-Life Issues
Respect Life Director Mary-Louise Kurey talks with Fr. Tad Pacholczyk about Bio-Ethics and the recent breakthrough in stem-cell research.
Aired: 12/5/2007 Download Show (20276696 bytes)
March For Life/Post Abortion Healing For Men
Respect Life Director Mary-Louise Kurey discusses the upcoming March For Life in Washington DC in January and post abortion healing for men. Her guests in this hour are Jeremy Hylka and Vicki Thorn.
Aired: 11/7/2007 Download Show (20396244 bytes)
Respect Life Dinner
Respect Life Director Mary-Louise Kurey talks with Chris Godfrey, the scheduled keynote speaker at the upcoming Respect Life Dinner.
Aired: 10/18/2007 Download Show (14463687 bytes)
40 Days for Life/Respect Life Month/Life Night w/Jason Evert
Host Mary-Louise Kurey, Director of the Respect Life Office, talks with David Bereit about Respect Life Month and the 40 Days for Life. Later she interviews Rob Kaczmark of Spirit Juice Radio about the upcoming Life Night rally with Jason Evert.
Aired: 9/5/2007 Download Show (12626982 bytes)
Outreach To Expectant Mothers In Need/Mission Trip to Zambia
Respect Life Director Mary-Louise Kurey discusses outreach to expectant mothers in need with Peter Breen. In the second half of the show she talks to Mitch Striedl and Adrienne Curry about their recent mission trip to Zambia.
Aired: 8/1/2007 Download Show (11124078 bytes)
Independence Day On Lifetalk
Fr. John Hannigan, USMC Chaplain, is the guest of this special Independence Day broadcast of LifeTalk. Join host Mary-Louise Kurey, as she interviews Fr. Hannigan, learning what life is really like for our troops in Iraq. Fr. Hannigan is a priest of the Archdiocese of Chicago, who went through the seminary system in Chicago, and proudly serves the spiritual needs of service men and women in the United States Marines.
Aired: 7/4/2007 Download Show (12228302 bytes)
Title V Federal Funding for Abstinence Education
Respect Life Director Mary-Louise Kurey discusses the crisis facing Title V federal funding for abstinence education and what people can do to make a difference with Libby Macke, Executive Director of Project Reality, a national abstinence education organization. Also, nationally-renowned speaker and Scripture scholar Jeff Cavins will discuss an exciting new Bible study for teens and the upcoming conference "Called to Lead" taking place in mid-July at Dominican University.
Aired: 6/6/2007 Download Show (12551897 bytes)
Illinois' House Bill 317
Respect Life Director Mary-Louise Kurey interviews Zachary Wichmann, Associate Director of the Catholic Conference of Illinois, about the Catholic Conference's opposition to HB 317. This bill would gut the Illinois Parental Notification Act by permitting a minor to get an abortion without notifying a parent, grandparent or legal guardian. Later in the program, Kurey has a conversation with Angela Colarelli who promotes modesty among teens, discussing the "Pure Fashion" show held on Sunday, May 6th at the Chicago Hilton.
Aired: 5/2/2007 Download Show (12654908 bytes)
Illinois' Parental Notification Act
Mary-Louise Kurey, director of the Respect Life Office, interviews Bob Gilligan, Executive Director of the Catholic Conference of Illinois, discussing the most recent developments in Illinois’s Parental Notification Act. In the second half of the show, an Illinois mom share’s shocking testimony of how her daughter, unbeknownst to her, was taken to get an abortion, and the trauma the family has experienced since, precisely because of the lack of Parental Notification.
Aired: 4/4/2007
January 2007 Recap Of Pro-Life Events
A fabulous recap of the exciting January 2007 events, particularly the March for Life Pilgrimage to Washington, D.C., as well as Speak Out Illinois, are presented by Respect Life Director Mary-Louise Kurey. Manczko-Breen shares a preview of the exciting March 3rd Coordinator’s Conference, including the exciting speakers and topics for the event that drew over 400 participants. Also, Bob Gilligan, Executive Director of the Catholic Conference of Illinois, gives the latest updates on the Parental Notification Act.
Aired: 2/7/2007 Download Show (12939821 bytes)
Roe v. Wade Anniversary
In this pre-recorded show, Mary-Louise Kurey, Director of the Respect Life Office, discusses the Annual Roe vs. Wade Anniversary and March for Life Activities with Joe and Ann Scheidler of Pro Life Action League, as well as the February Speak Out Illinois Conference. Later in the program, the Bible Study aimed at brining healing for post-abortive women is discussed, as well as the small groups that will facilitate this endeavor.
Aired: 1/3/2007 Download Show (12695524 bytes)
The March for Life, 2007
Mary-Louise Kurey, Director of the Archdiocese of Chicago's Respect Life Office along with Fr. Paul Stein, associate pastor at Holy Name Cathedral and Active Member of the RLO Priest's's Advisory Board cohost this month's edition of Lifetalk. Guest Bishop George Rassas talks about his experience at the march last year, mentions that the Cardinal will be present this year, and encourages folks to come. Guest Alicia Torres talks about Authentic Feminism and how it relates to the March for Life.
Aired: 12/6/2006 Download Show (12680750 bytes)
Gianna Jessen, Abortion Survivor
Mary-Louise Kurey, Director of the Archdiocese of Chicago's Respect Life Office and host of Lifetalk, speaks with Gianna Jessen about her life as a survivor of an abortion.
Aired: 11/1/2006 Download Show (12461157 bytes)
Parental Notification in Illinois
Mary-Louise Kurey, Director of the Archdiocese of Chicago's Respect Life Office and host of Lifetalk, speaks with Thomas Brejcha, Esq./Thomas More Society and Yvonne Florczak-Seeman/Love From Above about "Parental Notification" in Illinois.
Aired: 10/4/2006 Download Show (12227614 bytes)
Life Talk 9/6/2006
Today's show features Jason Evert
Aired: 9/6/2006 Download Show (18805886 bytes)
Noted bioethicist and blogger Wesley J. Smith writes:
Get the interview.I did an interview with a Catholic radio show last Friday that focused pretty hard on assisted suicide, futile care, eugenics, hospice, and bioethics. It was a call-in show and a couple of hospice nurses called offering some interesting comments. If you want to hear me spout hot air and emit particulate matter like I do in writing here, tune in to this rebroadcast.
Missourians Against Human Cloning hosts an interview on the subject:
Listen to Dr. Rob Hansen's interview on Eagle Forum Radio
If you were unable to listen to Dr. Robert Hansen's interview on Eagle Forum Radio, we have audio recordings available for download. Because the interview was almost one hour in length, we have divided it into two separate files to make it easier to download.
Please note that these are relatively large files. Part I is 8.7 mb, and Part II is 9.5 mb. If you are on a dial-up connection, these files will take approximately 30 minutes each to download. The files have been saved in the MP3 format.
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UPDATE: It has come to my attention that the following programs are hosted by the same wonderfully Catholic woman, Genevieve Kineke (author of The Authentic Catholic Woman), who runs the Feminine-Genius blog. Do check her out!Dale O'Leary
Priesthood/ Same Sex Attraction (Part 1) (Part2)
Rev. Paul Desmarais
Donna Olobri
Women & Aging (Part 1) (Part2)
Maggie Mahrt
Sr. Jane Culligan
Examination of Conscience (Part 1) (Part2)
Reconciliation (Part 1) (Part2)
Rev. Giacomo Capoverdi, Jr.
Right to Life (Part 1) (Part2)
World Youth Day 2002 (Part 1) (Part2)
Brown Scapular (Part 1) (Part2)
Joyce Percival
Cancer Survivor 1 (Part 1) (Part2)
Cancer Survivor 2 (Part 1) (Part2)
Rev. Marcel Taillon
Priesthood I (Part 1) (Part 2)
Priesthood 2 (Part 1) (Part 2)
Maria Parker
Life Issues 1 (Part 1) (Part2)
Life Issues 2 (Part 1) (Part2)
Mary Sheehan
Georgette Fornay
Molly Parnell
Sr. Dorothy Schwarz
Spiritual Life (Part 1) (Part2)
Sr. Mary Clement
Evangelization 1 (Part 1) (Part2)
Evangelization 2 (Part 1) (Part2)
Rev. Joel Lecuivre
Dona Le Boeuf
Life Issues 1 (Part 1) (Part2)
Life Issues 2 (Part 1) (Part2)
Patricia Wolfert
Susan Boczar
Gabriel Project (Part 1) (Part2)
Arlene Hebert
Creighton NFP 1 (Part 1) (Part2)
Creighton NFP 2 (Part 1) (Part2)
Dr. Donald DeMarco
Rev. Thomas Trepanier
Dr. Jeremiah Lowney
Haitian Health Foundation 1 (Part 1) (Part2)
Haitian Health Foundation 2 (Part 1) (Part2)
Stephen Schwarz
Senator Catherine Graziano
Catholic Legislatures (Part 1) (Part2)
Pro-Life Issues (Part 1) (Part2)
Maureen Hogan
Lora Morgan
Young Adult Ministry (Part 1) (Part2)
Dr. Michelle Cretella
Deacon Stephen Cote
Marriage Prep 1 (Part 1) (Part2)
Marriage Prep 2 (Part 1) (Part2)
Lisa & Keith Kline
Youth Ministry (Part 1) (Part2)
Catholic Marriage (Part 1) (Part2)
Jean Cedor
Brian & Phyllis Calvey
Catholic Story Tellers 1 (Part 1) (Part2)
Catholic Story Tellers 2 (Part 1) (Part2)
Beverly Munyon
Prison Ministry 1 (Part 1) (Part2)
Prison Ministry 2 (Part 1) (Part2)
Joan Pendergast & Dr. Sheila Kuzmik
Rachel’s Vineyard 1 (Part 1) (Part2)
Rachel's Vineyard 2 (Part 1) (Part2)
Kathryn Wrobel
Reconciliation 1 (Part 1) (Part2)
Reconciliation 2 (Part 1) (Part2)
Bud & Kim Miller
Peg Lavallee
RI Right to Life (Part 1) (Part2)
Barbara Burgess
Alberta DiMuccio
Amparo & Lopez
Legion of Mary I (Part 1) (Part2)
Legion of Mary 2 (Part 1) (Part2)
Rev. James Ruggieri & Therese Cotnoir
Blackstone Valley Cath. Worker 1 (Part 1) (Part2)
Blackstone Valley Cath. Worker 2 (Part 1) (Part2)
Madeline Nugent
Saint's Stories (Part 1) (Part2)
Brothers & Sisters of Penance (Part 1) (Part2)
Marian Desrosiers
Lillian McIntyre
St. Philip School (Part 1) (Part2)
Jane Wilcox
Jamie & Matthew Friel
Couple to Couple League (Part 1) (Part2)
Terry Mac Lellan
Natural Family Planning (Part 1) (Part2)
Susan Conroy
Mother Teresa 1 (Part 1) (Part2)
Mother Teresa 2 (Part 1) (Part2)
Mother Teresa Beatification I (Part 1) (Part 2)
Mother Teresa Beatification 2 (Part 1) (Part 2)
Ruth Oakley
Mission Ascent (Part 1) (Part 2)
Genevieve Kineke
Vocation of Women I (Part 1) (Part 2)
Vocation of Women 2 (Part 1) (Part 2)
Vocation of Women 3 (Part 1) (Part 2)
Vocation of Women 4 (Part 1) (Part 2)
Vocation of Women 5 (Part 1) (Part 2)
Vocation of Women 6 (Part 1) (Part 2)
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