Margaret Somerville

Margaret Somerville is Samuel
Gale Professor of Law, Professor in the Faculty of Medicine, and Founding Director of the Centre for Medicine, Ethics and Law at McGill University, Montreal. She has an extensive national and international publishing and speaking record and frequently comments in all forms of media. Her books include The Ethical Canary: Science, Society and the Human Spirit (Penguin 2000); and The Ethical Imagination: Journeys of the Human Spirit (Anansi 2006; CBC 2006 Massey Lectures). Among her many honours and awards are the Order of Australia, seven honorary
doctorates, and the UNESCO Avicenna Prize for Ethics in Science.

The debate Canada needs to have

8 May 2012

Why are Canadians reluctant to have a debate about the ethics of destroying the most vulnerable human life?

Will Quebec legalize euthanasia?

28 Mar 2012

A report from a legislative committee in Quebec reads like a pro-euthanasia manifesto, not an unbiased study.

Putting the information into “informed consent”

27 Mar 2012

When a woman approaches an abortion clinic it does not always mean she wants a termination.

“Open yourself to the ineffable”

19 Mar 2012

A professor offers important advice to students starting out in life.

Why the outrage?

5 Mar 2012

Are abortion and infanticide morally and ethically equivalent?

Gendercide: when choice becomes an issue

30 Jan 2012

Indignation over sex-selection shows that abortion is not just a private matter.

Tipping the scales towards euthanasia

14 Dec 2011

A widely publicized report published by the Royal Society of Canada presents a thoroughly one-sided view.

Are babies prizes or gifts?

18 Oct 2011

A Canadian radio station created world-wide controversy recently when it ran a "win a baby" competition.

Riots and wrongs against society

8 Sep 2011

The result of intense individualism can be massive upheavals in society, even though none was intended.

Deselecting and selecting our children

30 Aug 2011

Is a society without disabled citizens really a perfect society?

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