Christian Ethics Free Course: LESSON TEN: THE POOR
We live in a divided world. It is the world of the haves and the have nots, of the stark division between rich and poor, of the economic oppressors and the oppressed.
At a time when the techno-nations enjoy a wealth unparalleled in human history, over five hundred million people are starving to death and another one billion are suffering chronic malnutrition. Untold millions more struggle against the daily deprivation wrought by unending poverty – they are powerless, in poor health, lacking education, constantly weary and dying prematurely.
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Christian Ethics Free Course: LESSON NINE: EMPLOYMENT
The Technological Revolution is changing the Western understanding of work.
Gone is the time when all but the favoured few had to work for their — very existence, when to be unwaged meant almost certain death – or at least terrible destitution. Today we talk of the post-industrial society, of the virtual abolition of work as we have known it and of a booming leisure industry.
But there is another side to the matter. We are not finding the transition easy. The millions of unemployed, often on meagre incomes and in deprived environments, don’t greet this as a new day of creative opportunity. Instead, many are bitter, alienated, disillusioned and depressed. Saved from starvation maybe, but not from the loss of hope.
The Technological Revolution makes man the worker permanently redundant. Self-monitoring factories declare even the machine-minder obsolete. Unless the shop-floor worker can be retrained and relocated he has no future. Mass unemployment is inevitable – unless someone comes up with some bright ideas! However, first we must comment briefly on the two dominant economic theories of our society as they affect employment.
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Christian Ethics Free Course: LESSON EIGHT: LIFE: (PART TWO)
In this session, we will consider together the issues involved in Genetic engineering and Euthanasia.
A. GENETIC ENGINEERING:
In 1961 the first tadpoles were cloned (genetically identical specimens grown from a single cell.)
In 1962 DNA was unravelled by James Watson and Francis Crick.
In 1966 Robert Edwards cultivated human ova in a laboratory.
By 1969 ova could be grown to 100 cells.
In 1978 Louise Brown was born – the first ‘test-tube baby.’
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