2016

  BIRD ON AN ETHICS WIRE: Battles about Values in the Culture Wars by Margaret Somerville McGill-Queen’s UP, Montreal, 2015 Hardcover: 358 pages Price: AUD$45.75   Reviewed by John Young   This work discusses key questions, including abortion, euthanasia, same-sex “marriage”, the place of religion in the public square, and the campaign to suppress discussion of “politically incorrect” ideas. The author, Margaret Somerville, is a professor in the Faculty of Law and Faculty of Medicine at McGill University, Canada. Her aim is to look at the various viewpoints on debated questions, and to make a balanced assessment of them. She…