by Dr Roland Chia | Nov 6, 2017 | Pulse
November 2017 Pulse Despite the incredible leaps that our species have made in the last couple of centuries, one of the oldest scourges that has accompanied us throughout our history still remains alive and well today: slavery. In the modern world, slavery is the...
by Michael Fischer | Oct 2, 2017 | Feature
October 2017 Feature For the seventh year in a row, Asia Bibi, a Christian mother, has spent Christmas in a dark and dingy prison cell in Pakistan. Isolated from her husband and five children, she has been on death row for allegedly insulting the prophet Muhammad...
by Dr Fong Choon Sam | Jun 6, 2017 | Feature
June 2017 Feature Public discourse on issues concerning immigration and foreign workers is often carried out within the framework of “human rights,” “national interests,” and “Asian values,” with religious values having a lesser...
by Dr Roland Chia | Apr 4, 2016 | Pulse
April 2016 Pulse In an article entitled, ‘Social Justice in Singapore: Some Personal Reflections’, Tommy Koh argues that Singapore is both a social just and a socially unjust society. For Koh, Singapore is a socially just society because of the following reasons:...
by Ethos Institute | May 3, 2015 | Feature
May 2015 Feature Article Many reasons are being offered to support making euthanasia (meaning “good death”) and assisted suicide legal. Some arise from sensitivity to the suffering of terminally ill patients, who desire to end their sufferings by speeding up their...