Truth and Healing

Originally posted on October 31, 2017 for the Canadian Centre for Bio-Ethical Reform. I’m standing on a street corner in Toronto, holding a sign with an image of a first-trimester abortion victim on it. Many passers-by tend to avoid my gaze and the pamphlets in my outstretched hand. A few pause to vent about why … Continue reading Truth and Healing →

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 →