Ethics & Medics

Recent years have seen a near exponential expansion of the acceptance of gender as a mutable aspect of the human experience, rather than as an essential property of the human individual. In this article, Pizzo explores this move and the assertions of those who espouse it. In addition, he makes the case that this move is part of a fundamental misunderstanding of human sexuality and the nature of gender in human society.

The question of when life begins is well established in the field of embryology. However, modern philosophy has given rise to the question of when a living human organism is, in fact, human. With serious ramifications in the issue of abortion, establishing the humanity of a growing human organism is still a contentious issue. Dias details the course of development of the human organism, giving compelling evidence that from the beginning of life the human organism is the same unique human being and should be given the rights appropriate to a human person.