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Professional Service As A Christian Ministry, Carl S. Hawkins Oct 2002

Professional Service As A Christian Ministry, Carl S. Hawkins

Vol. 1: Answering God's Interrogatories

This address was given to the entering class at the BYU Law School on August 22, 1981.


Truth: A Shield To Memory, Marion D. Hanks Oct 2002

Truth: A Shield To Memory, Marion D. Hanks

Vol. 1: Answering God's Interrogatories

This fireside address was given at the BYU Law School on November 19, 1989.


Answering God’S Interrogatories, Marlin K. Jensen Oct 2002

Answering God’S Interrogatories, Marlin K. Jensen

Vol. 1: Answering God's Interrogatories

This convocation address was given April 25, 1997, when Elder Jensen’s son, Matthew, graduated from the BYU Law School.


Weightier Matters, Dallin H. Oaks Oct 2002

Weightier Matters, Dallin H. Oaks

Vol. 1: Answering God's Interrogatories

This devotional address was given to the BYU student body on February 9, 1999.


Conjoined Twins And Catholic Moral Analysis: Extraordinary Means And Casuistical Consistency, M. Cathleen Kaveny May 2002

Conjoined Twins And Catholic Moral Analysis: Extraordinary Means And Casuistical Consistency, M. Cathleen Kaveny

M. Cathleen Kaveny

This article draws upon the Roman Catholic distinction between “ordinary” and “extraordinary” means of medical treatment to analyze the case of “Jodie” and “Mary,” the Maltese conjoined twins whose surgical separation was ordered by the English courts over the objection of their Roman Catholic parents and Cormac Murphy-O’Connor, the Roman Catholic Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster. It attempts to shed light on the use of that distinction by surrogate decision makers with respect to incompetent patients. In addition, it critically analyzes various components of the distinction by comparing the reasoning used by Catholic moralists in this case with the reasoning used …


Changing The Culture Of Science: Teaching Research Ethics To Graduate Students And Post-Doctoral Fellows, Brian Schrag Apr 2002

Changing The Culture Of Science: Teaching Research Ethics To Graduate Students And Post-Doctoral Fellows, Brian Schrag

Center for the Study of Ethics in Society Papers

Paper presented for the Center of the Study of Ethics in Society Western Michigan University, October 11, 2001.


Research Ethics, Wmu Center For The Study Of Ethics In Society Apr 2002

Research Ethics, Wmu Center For The Study Of Ethics In Society

Center for the Study of Ethics in Society Papers

Papers published by the center, April 2002.


Teaching Research Ethics: An Institutional Change Model, Michael Pritchard Apr 2002

Teaching Research Ethics: An Institutional Change Model, Michael Pritchard

Center for the Study of Ethics in Society Papers

Paper presented to the center, April 2002.


Toward An Ethical School, Stephan Millett Apr 2002

Toward An Ethical School, Stephan Millett

Center for the Study of Ethics in Society Papers

Paper presented for the Center of the Study of Ethics in Society Western Michigan University, January 22, 2002.


Academic Freedom In Times Of Turmoil, Petr Kolar Jan 2002

Academic Freedom In Times Of Turmoil, Petr Kolar

Center for the Study of Ethics in Society Papers

Papers presented for the Center of the Study of Ethics in Society Western Michigan University November 5, 2001.


Interreligious Dialogue In Global Perspective, Lawrence E. Frizzell D.Phil. Jan 2002

Interreligious Dialogue In Global Perspective, Lawrence E. Frizzell D.Phil.

Selected Works of Lawrence E. Frizzell

The tensions between religions and political systems have been evident in intellectual and cultural contexts throughout human experience. In past ages, there has been a propensity for each culture or religion to assume that it embodied the best in every aspect of the human order. There is no longer any excuse for such narrowness spawned of ignorance to dominate the thinking of educated people. Yet mere tolerance of other approaches to the common challenges of humanity will not provide security for all, especially for minorities within a culture or for weaker societies in a given region striving to maintain their …