LIFE AND LEARNING VIII: PROCEEDINGS OF THE EIGHTH UNIVERSITY FACULTY FOR LIFE CONFERENCE, JUNE 1998 AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO

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Pt. I. International perspectives -- Life 's dominion in Canada: a legal survey / David M. Brown -- The problematic moral arguments in the Sue Rodriguez case / Gilbert E. Brodie -- Abortion and the crisis of liberal justice: George Grant on the meaning of Roe v. Wade / William Mathie -- Is abortion an international human right? / Winston L. Frost -- Pt. II. Supreme court focus -- The Supreme court and abortion legal logic and legal fictions / D.J. Dooley -- Deconstructing Roe v. Wade 's birth wall: opportunities and dangers / Richard Stith -- Roe v. Wade: effects of twenty-five years of constitutionalized abortion on demand / Lynn D. Wardle -- Breakfasting with champions / Robert G. Morrison -- Pt. III. The right-to-life movement -- Abortion: a failure to communicate / Paul Swope -- Abortion, self-love, and virtue: on the work of the caring foundation / Michael Pakaluk -- Prenatal care: hope, concern, and contradictions / Mary A. Nicholas -- Pt. IV. Literary and cultural perspectives -- Resolution of a controversial issue in the writing class: Daedalus software, discussion, and collaborative writing on abortion / Jeff Koloze -- Abortion as metaphor / John J. Conley - - Abortion as a sacrament: mimetic desire and sacrifice in sexual politics / Bernadette Waterman Ward -- Pt. V. Philosophical and religious perspectives suicide is not a private choice / David Novak - - A prolegomenon to any future ethics of abortion / John C. Cahalan - - The life principles: a model for teaching the philosophy of the pro-life movement / Robert J. Spitzer -- College outreach program / Feminists for Life -- The role of mercy in a culture of life: John Paul II on capital punishment / Kevin E. Miller - Is the early embryo a person? / W. Jerome Bracken -- Pt. VI. Historical perspectives -- Mercy killing: history and medicine / L.L. de Veber, -- Perfecting humankind: a comparison of progressive and Nazi views on eugenics, sterilization, and abortion / John Hunt -- Euthanasia: politics and the law / Iain T. Benson -- About our contributors