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RELIGION

Acting on Conscience Melbourne Launch Speech - Rev Alistair Macrae
- 27 February 2007
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RELIGION

Emotional and intellectual tensions rising in cloning debate
- Frank Brennan
- 30 October 2006
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As senators reflected on the role of religious thinking in discussion of embryonic cloning, Senator Kay Patterson responded testily to Bishop Anthony Fisher: "Dear me, I might be excommunicated!" This week, the Australian Catholic University brings together two Catholic medical scientists, and two Catholic ethicists, with opposing views.
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RELIGION

It's time to engage the 'conscience of the nation' on bioethics
- Frank Brennan
- 26 June 2006
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As Australia's lawmakers consider the implications of the Lockhart review on embryonic stem cell research, the time has come for both church leaders and scientists to pay attention to the 'conscience of the nation'.
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RELIGION

Theology of conversation
- Andrew Hamilton
- 05 June 2006
Passing on inherited wisdom is always fraught. Especially when the wisdom clashes with that of the prevailing culture.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

Book reviews
- Steve Gome, Bernard Doherty, Aaron Martin
- 11 May 2006
Reviews of the books: Geography; Stem Cells: Science, Medicine, Law and Ethics and John F. Kennedy: An unfinished life.
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ENVIRONMENT

The ethics and myths of stem cells
- T.J. Martin
- 25 April 2006
In the flurry of media reports surrounding the stem cell debate, it can be difficult to grasp exactly what the research involves. Professor John Martin of St Vincent’s Institute of Medical Research outlines the science and the ethical implications.
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AUSTRALIA

Paternal instinct
- Leslie Cannold
- 25 April 2006
Who’s the real father? Men’s rights, women’s quandaries and the truth about misattributed biological paternity.
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