by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Jan 28, 2019 | News
Confidence of U.S. Catholics in Roman Catholic clergy’s honesty and ethics declined to a record low in 2018, according to a Gallup report published Jan. 11. In 2018, only 31 percent of respondents rated Catholic priests as having high or very high honesty and ethical...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Jan 24, 2019 | News
Views on the morality of gene editing vary widely based on its intended usage, according to an Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research (APNORC) report released Dec. 28. Gene editing is the addition, removal or alteration of an organism’s DNA. A...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Jan 23, 2019 | News
Jakob Topper is senior pastor of NorthHaven Church in Norman, Oklahoma. Where did you grow up? In the Texas Panhandle, a small town named Borger, which exists to serve the oil industry. What is your favorite verse, book or story in the Bible? Why? Jesus turning...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Jan 23, 2019 | News
Cries of “Stop trafficking now!” filled the air outside the Texas Capitol building on an overcast, dreary morning in Austin. State representatives, advocates and leaders of faith-based organizations gathered on the capitol steps on Jan. 22 for a human trafficking...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Jan 22, 2019 | News
Human trafficking has reached “horrific dimensions” in areas of conflict, according to a United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) report published Jan. 7. The average number of trafficking victims per country has increased significantly in recent years, rising...