A voice for human dignity. We stand for reframing ethical and policy debates in terms of human dignity, not dollars and cents or political calculation. MercatorNet isn't liberal. It isn't conservative. If you want a label, try "dignitarian". 2008-05-15T13:12:00+10:00 Copyright (c) 2007, MercatorNet tag:mercatornet.com,2007:12:07 tag:mercatornet.com,2008:articles/4.3218 2008-05-13T02:01:00+00:00 2008-05-10T01:23:10+00:00 Dan Hoffman What the fat books in airport kiosks won’t tell you. Read more...]]> tag:mercatornet.com,2008:articles/4.3225 2008-05-12T23:13:00+00:00 2008-05-13T23:56:13+00:00 Rosa Linda G. Valenzona By insisting on its own demographic path the Philippines has an economic strength that much of the world now lacks. Read more...]]> tag:mercatornet.com,2008:articles/4.3224 2008-05-12T03:05:00+00:00 2008-05-12T02:46:11+00:00 Michael Kirke The world's top public intellectuals are on the campaign trail again. It's time to cast a vote.  Read more...]]> tag:mercatornet.com,2008:articles/4.3214 2008-05-09T09:05:00+00:00 2008-05-09T22:38:46+00:00 Dean Menchavez Filipinos have narrowly escaped the establishment of a legal market for organs. But will the new system work? Read more...]]> tag:mercatornet.com,2008:articles/4.3213 2008-05-09T04:50:00+00:00 2008-05-09T04:06:23+00:00 Theron Bowers More laws and more feel-good programs are not the way to end school bullying. Read more...]]> tag:mercatornet.com,2008:articles/4.3208 2008-05-08T09:44:00+00:00 2008-05-09T04:06:44+00:00 Melinda Tankard Reist The insertion of long-acting contraceptives into the bodies of young girls does not protect them from sexual abuse. It sets them up for greater exploitation. Read more...]]> tag:mercatornet.com,2008:articles/4.3206 2008-05-07T00:23:00+00:00 2008-05-06T23:41:23+00:00 Kate Bluett Mother's Day arrives again with its uncertainties, pressures and a declaration of faith. Read more...]]> tag:mercatornet.com,2008:articles/4.3193 2008-05-06T03:32:00+00:00 2008-05-09T04:07:15+00:00 Carolyn Moynihan The crimes of Josef Fritzl cannot be explained within our normal secularist assumptions about the world. Read more...]]> tag:mercatornet.com,2008:articles/4.3184 2008-05-02T09:02:01+00:00 2008-05-06T02:59:14+00:00 Michael Cook Depriving a goldfish of fishy companions has become a crime in Switzerland.
Read more...]]> tag:mercatornet.com,2008:articles/4.3183 2008-05-02T02:40:00+00:00 2008-05-03T00:00:57+00:00 Joanna Bogle In the mad world of 21st century relationships the home of two sisters incurs a tax while that of ‘civil partners’ is exempt. Read more...]]> tag:mercatornet.com,2008:articles/4.3175 2008-04-30T02:02:00+00:00 2008-05-01T13:00:04+00:00 Michael Cook A Harvard education in the glory days of the Revolution included practical lessons in the Struggle. Read more...]]> tag:mercatornet.com,2008:articles/4.3171 2008-04-29T05:08:01+00:00 2008-04-29T04:47:30+00:00 Michael Shanks Forty years ago rioting students filled Paris with revolutionary graffiti. Was it all just a bad dream?  Read more...]]> tag:mercatornet.com,2008:articles/4.3167 2008-04-26T08:27:01+00:00 2008-05-05T06:16:25+00:00 Sheila Gribben Liaugminas Sixty years after the Universal Declaration of Human Rights the pope offers an interpretive key. Read more...]]> tag:mercatornet.com,2008:articles/4.3166 2008-04-26T05:28:00+00:00 2008-04-30T23:50:47+00:00 Carolyn Moynihan A religious sect is being prosecuted for under-age sex and marriage. A lot of other people should be feeling uncomfortable. Read more...]]> tag:mercatornet.com,2008:articles/4.3165 2008-04-25T13:22:01+00:00 2008-04-26T12:27:11+00:00 Angela Shanahan It is not middle-class women who are ending up on the shelf but their less educated sisters. Read more...]]> tag:mercatornet.com,2008:articles/5.3158 2008-04-24T00:00:00+00:00 2008-04-23T05:01:59+00:00 Francis Phillips The exciting true story of the processions of victorious generals and emperors.  Read more...]]> tag:mercatornet.com,2008:articles/4.3145 2008-04-18T08:05:00+00:00 2008-04-23T00:52:32+00:00 Sonsoles de Lacalle Ben Stein's documentary on Darwinism opens this weekend in the US. It does no credit to the cause of religion or even of intelligent design, says an American scientist. Read more...]]> tag:mercatornet.com,2008:articles/4.3144 2008-04-18T06:25:00+00:00 2008-04-18T06:05:31+00:00 Nwachukwu Egbunike Educated young African professionals ought to fight against corruption and incompetence at home, rather than look overseas for streets paved with gold. Read more...]]> tag:mercatornet.com,2008:articles/4.3140 2008-04-17T02:40:00+00:00 2008-04-22T02:11:22+00:00 Helena Adeloju A report by three Australian academics tries to convince us that women are shaping a new and ethical porn industry. Read more...]]> tag:mercatornet.com,2008:articles/4.3138 2008-04-16T02:42:00+00:00 2008-04-16T01:42:38+00:00 Tom Frame Childlessness is not a tragedy, says an Anglican bishop. Read more...]]> tag:mercatornet.com,2008:articles/4.3139 2008-04-15T04:25:00+00:00 2008-04-15T04:19:59+00:00 Maggie Gallagher As the Pope begins his visit to the United States there is one topic he is certain to speak on. Read more...]]> tag:mercatornet.com,2008:articles/5.3132 2008-04-13T23:20:00+00:00 2008-04-14T01:28:18+00:00 Francis Phillips Darwinian materialism is a grey and dreary way to live, novelist Julian Barnes suggests in his recent memoir.  Read more...]]> tag:mercatornet.com,2008:articles/5.3108 2008-04-11T00:32:00+00:00 2008-04-10T23:53:12+00:00 Francis Phillips The dissipated life of one of America’s greatest geniuses is still a mystery. Read more...]]> tag:mercatornet.com,2008:articles/4.3095 2008-04-10T22:05:00+00:00 2008-04-14T03:35:00+00:00 Gerald R. McDermott Benedict XVI will be welcomed by many American Protestants when he visits the US next week.
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