The call for an ethical conversion: seeing the faces of the pre-born

Originally posted on March 17, 2016 for the Canadian Centre for Bio-Ethical Reform. Several years ago, I encountered the ideas of the Jewish philosopher Emmanuel Levinas while I idly skimmed my high school religion textbook. I was intrigued by his philosophy of “the face-to-face.” Levinas argues that when we encounter another human being face-to-face, we … Continue reading The call for an ethical conversion: seeing the faces of the pre-born