Making Sense of Bioethics: Column #219 : Contextualizing Near-Death Experiences

... we should generally prefer a natural explanation for a phenomenon, unless and until the evidence for a supernatural explanation becomes truly compelling or overwhelming.

Rev. Tadeusz Pacholczyk, PhD—Director of EducationJune 28, 2024Death and Dying, Science and Religion

Making Sense of Bioethics: Column 174: The Foxes and the Henhouse

There are few, if any, ‘bottom lines’ when it comes to research ethics. The lines have become exceedingly flexible, if the price is right or if a particular political administration wants to redraw them.

Rev. Tadeusz Pacholczyk, PhD—Director of EducationDecember 30, 2019Genetics and Genome Editing, Imposing Our Beliefs, Law and Ethics, Science and Religion, Universal Morality, Cooperation in Evil, Research

Making Sense of Bioethics: Column 140: How Does the Catholic Church Resolve New Bioethical Questions?

Many people appreciate that the Catholic Church holds firm and well-defined positions on moral questions, even if they may remain unsure about how or why the Church actually arrives at those positions, especially when it comes to unpacking new scientific developments like embryonic stem cell research.

Rev. Tadeusz Pacholczyk, PhD—Director of EducationFebruary 28, 2017Artificial Insemination, Cloning, Embryos, Infertility, In Vitro Fertilization, Science and Religion, Stem Cell Research, Universal Morality, Conscience, Research

Making Sense of Bioethics: Column 040: Are Science and Religion Really Enemies?

Science and religion need each other and must work together... Yet many scientists seem to balk at the claim that scientific knowledge must be joined to a truthful conscience, or that the pursuit of science needs to attenuated through the filter of ethics.

Rev. Tadeusz Pacholczyk, PhD—Director of EducationOctober 30, 2008Science and Religion

Making Sense of Bioethics: Column 032: When Ideology Corrupts Science and Medicine

Codes of medical ethics like the Hippocratic Oath, the Nuremberg Code, and the Declaration of Helsinki came into existence after various misguided ideologies gained a foothold, or after the medical establishment suffered a core meltdown, allowing doctors and researchers to participate in crimes against humanity.

Rev. Tadeusz Pacholczyk, PhD—Director of EducationFebruary 29, 2008Medical Profession — Ethics and Pastoral-Spiritual, Science and Religion, Abortion, Conscience, Conscience and Civil Liberties

Making Sense of Bioethics: Column 008: Theology, or Embryology?

Science, quite apart from religious dogma, affirms dogmatically that every person walking around in the world was once an embryo. This absolute scientific dogma admits of no exceptions.

Rev. Tadeusz Pacholczyk, PhD—Director of EducationFebruary 28, 2006Science and Religion, Stem Cell Research, Embryos

Making Sense of Bioethics: Column 003: “Imposing Our Beliefs” on Others

Law is fundamentally about imposing somebody’s views on somebody else. Imposition is the name of the game. It is the very nature of law to impose particular views on people who don’t want to have those views imposed on them. Car thieves don’t want laws imposed on them which prohibit stealing.

Rev. Tadeusz Pacholczyk, PhD—Director of EducationSeptember 30, 2005Imposing Our Beliefs, Science and Religion, Law and Ethics, Conscience

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