Every year we gather to honor the works of the late great Paul Ramsey. Paul Ramsey is regarded by many as one of the most important ethicists of the twentieth century. He was a distinguished writer on bioethics a generation ago, and served as Harrington Spear Pain Professor of Religion, Princeton University. Ramsey shines as an [...]
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I’m the Only Daddy You Got! I’m the Paterfamilias!
By Jennifer Lahl, CBC National Director Newsweek recently reported a story about a 51-year-old man, who between 1980 and 1994 donated his sperm twice a week in order to make cash for medical school and to nurture his altruistic desires to help infertile women. Kirk Maxey states, “I loved having kids, and to have these [...]
On Human Exceptionalism
By Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC. Excerpted from his A Rat Is a Pig Is a Dog Is a Boy: The Human Cost of the Animal Rights Movement (Encounter, 2010). An embrace of human exceptionalism does not depend on religious belief. Whether our distinctive moral characteristics flow from the processes of [...]
Pushing a Dangerous Anti-Human Exceptionalism, Undignified Bioethics
By Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC A bioethicist named Alasdair Cochrane, who is, ironically, a deep thinker at the Centre for the Study of Human Rights in the UK, argues against intrinsic human dignity as a basis for establishing bioethical policies. He attacks various theories that promote human dignity, e.g., “as [...]
CBC 2009 Winners and Losers
Winners: Dr. Darwin J. Prockop, a worldwide leader in adult stem cell research, has moved his research lab from Tulane University to the Texas A&M Health Center which has pledged $40 million over the next 5 years towards his research. Lawmakers in Texas have invested $5 million towards adult stem cell research as have other [...]
What People Are Saying About CBC
Dear friends, Thank you, our supporters, who have given to the work of the CBC. Your gift tells us that you not only have confidence in the work we do, but you also see our work as important and much needed. To date, your generous gifts have helped CBC raise much needed funds for the [...]
Give Your Online End-of-Year Gift Now
Dear friends, We know the work we do at the CBC is important and necessary and effective. Just look at what we’ve accomplished this past year! We have confidence in you, our readers and supporters, that you would agree. And we trust in your continued support of our mission and vision, to advance ethical biotechnology [...]
Jennifer Lahl Needs Your Help Today
Dear friends, We know the work we do at the CBC is important and necessary and effective. Just look at what we’ve accomplished this past year! We have confidence in you, our readers and supporters, that you would agree. And we trust in your continued support of our mission and vision, to advance ethical biotechnology [...]
Flash Forward: Obamacare Cometh and Other Bioethical Tales for 2010
Wesley J. Smith, CBC Special Consultant
Wednesday, December 9th, 2009
“Flash Forward” is a new and interesting television drama presented on the ABC Television Network. The premise is brilliant – due to reasons still unknown, everyone in the world (except the bad guys) blackout for two minutes seventeen seconds. Planes crash, people collapse on the streets, swimmers drown, it is an utter catastrophe that results [...]
‘Tis The Season
Jennifer Lahl, CBC National Director
Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009
Dear friends, It is that time of the year, when the end of year gift giving season is upon us. I imagine that your inbox looks much like mine as the requests for financial support are coming in from a wide variety of worthy organizations. It would be wonderful to be able to say to [...]
