After tweeting that the two vaccines trials gaining most attention — Pfizer (90% effective) and Moderna (94.5% effective) — did not involve fetal cells, a fellow ethicist and friend helpfully […]
Killing in the Name of the Economy? Ethical Dilemmas and the COVID-19 Crisis
Yesterday, Washington Post reporter Sarah Pulliam Bailey published a very interesting piece on how policymakers, ethicists, and religious leaders are thinking through the apparent dilemma of practicing extreme measures to […]
What does a Christian owe their neighbor in a time of crisis? Martin Luther and an ethic of responsible love.
Like many around me, I have thought about what is required of the Christian in a time of national crisis, much like the one presented to us with COVID-19. I […]
He’s making a list and checking it twice: How Santa Claus explains ethical theory
We all know how the story goes at Christmastime: Only the well-behaved children are the ones that get Christmas presents. How many of us as children heard this oft-repeated warning […]
Kanye, Conversion, and the Ethics of Learned Obedience
A lot of news has circulated around Kanye West’s very public conversion to Christianity. Though we should be overjoyed at the news that Kanye West has become a born-again Christian, […]
Mass Shootings and the Church’s Opportunity in Confronting the American Male Mindset
Saturday’s mass shooting in El Paso is an unmitigated tragedy. What we know at this point is that, once again, a shooter was guided by a naked white supremacy and […]