Public Justice Report for 2002, Quarter 3

The Dutch Euthanasia Law

The Dutch law that tries to protect doctors from prosecution for committing euthanasia contradicts medical ethics and makes no legal sense. Bert Dorenbos exposes the threat to "patients" who receive the non-medical treatment of being killed.

The Politics of Embryonic Stem-Cell Research

Bruce Wearne reminds us of what made research on frozen embryos possible: parents who could not conceive children turned for help to their physicians. The frozen embryos belong to the parents, not to the scientists who want to "make progress" with them.

Review: Social Service That Works

Stephen Lazarus reviews a book and a new research study that can help faithbased organizations (FBOs) manage themselves wisely and decide if, when, and how to cooperate with government.

Review: Afghanistan, Bin Laden, and Oil

Alice-Catherine Carls reviews a controversial French book on the oil politics behind U.S. relations with Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia, and Osama bin Laden.

Review: Realism We Can Agree On

Robert Kaplan's new book that trumpets a "pagan ethos" for American leaders comes under the scrutiny of foreign policy analyst and historian William Inboden.

Review: Realism Is Not Enough

The editor argues that neither Kaplan's pagan ethos, nor Christian pacifism, nor an American civil religion satisfies the demands of a Christian public ethic.

China, Religion, and the World Economy

Brief excerpts from two presentations offered at a February conference on China hint at the rich fare that will be available soon in book form. Civitas Fellow Jason Kindopp organized the conference and is editing the forthcoming volume.

Review: God and Globalization

This is the title of a four-volume series edited by Max L. Stackhouse that frames the question of our shrinking globe in the widest possible way.

Review: Christians Look at the Law

The editor reviews an impressive new volume of essays by Christian law professors and attorneys on the nature and practice of the law.

War Without End?

It is time to reflect critically on the huge gap between the early American ideal of "no standing army" and the present American empire that may be at war with terrorism until the end of time.