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ACU health care ethicists call for radical rethink of aged care
Australian Catholic University health care ethicists are calling for a fundamental shift in Australia’s approach to aged care that puts people before profit.
Principles and ethics of journalism must be upheld in digital age: Greste
Award-winning foreign correspondent Peter Greste has told Catholic media there needs to be a way of upholding the principles and ethics of journalism in the digital age. Source: The Southern Cross.
Bishops add ethics to NZ politicians’ summer reading list
New Zealand’s Catholic bishops have given a copy of their new ethics teaching document to all 123 members of the country’s recently elected Parliament. Source: NZCBC.
New Zealand bishops update document on protection and promotion of life
New Zealand’s Catholic bishops have updated and expanded an important 1997 document that inspires the active protection and promotion of all life. Source: NZ Catholic.
Ethicists warn birth of ‘three-parent baby’ comes at high moral cost
Catholic ethicists greeted the news that the first baby has been born in the United Kingdom after being conceived via a “three-parent” embryo modification technique with caution and strong criticism. Source: NCR Register.
Interfaith leaders join Vatican push for AI code of ethics
Representatives of the Muslim, Catholic and Jewish faiths have come together at the Vatican to sign a document calling for a code of ethics for the use of artificial intelligence. Source: CNS.
Negotiating the conflict between faith and the law
The conflict between ethics, directives and laws for health care workers has become an increasingly fraught issue. A conference this weekend looks at how to respond to rising intolerance of faith and ethics. Source: The Catholic Weekly.