Ageing Well: Gift and Growth

Feature 1 May 2023 Singapore faces the daunting reality of an ageing population. Advancement in medical care, a greater awareness of health issues, as well as earlier illness detection and intervention have given rise to a higher life expectancy of around 80 years in...

Shame, Dementia, and the Church

Feature 3 April 2023 In 2019, the Singapore Management University and the Alzheimer’s Disease Association (now known as Dementia Singapore) published the results of Singapore’s first national survey on dementia. The study revealed that stigma was a significant issue...

Moral Controversies and Debates About Human Nature

Feature 6 March 2023 What does it mean to be “human”? And what does it mean to be “humane”? After the horrors of the Second World War, the world came together in December 1948 to affirm certain fundamental rights and freedoms of all human beings under the Universal...