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Religion and Beliefs - 2008
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Bury, burn or compost?
20/07/2008
There's a boom in funerals around the corner as the Boomers face mortality, but neither cemeteries nor crematoria are eco-friendly. The business of burials is beginning to adapt, and so are their future customers. Reporter Ian Townsend.
Israel: selling out secularism?
13/04/2008
The Olmert government is dependent on the support of the extremist, ultra orthodox religious movement in Israel. They now make up 10 per cent of the population, and make no secret of their desire for Israel to become a religiously based state. Reporter Hagar Cohen
Stronger, smarter, nicer humans
06/01/2008
Professor Julian Savulescu is an eminent ethicist from Oxford University. He believes we should proceed with research into enhancing not only the genetics of fighting disease, but the genetics and pharmacology of improving IQ, behaviour, mood, character and morality. He argues there are immense benefits, not only for individuals, but for society as a whole. Only by knowing, can we prevent the abuses of knowledge. A lecture from the Sydney Ideas series at the University of Sydney. (Originally broadcast on 19th August 2007)
Genetic Interventions and the Ethics of Enhancement of Human Beings
Download a chapter (pdf) from The Oxford Handbook of Bioethics (Oxford: Oxford University Press) 2007, edited by B Steinbock. Author and owner of the document is Julian Savulescu, Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics.
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