Good, Evil and Energy

Beginning of article

INTRODUCTION (Ed) The following article is reprinted here from, Hydroscope, November 22,1985 by permission of Ontario Hydro. In my estimation, though the article deals with energy choices, it also applies to the ethical issues within our own sphere of interest such as pre-natal diagnosis, abortion and third party conceptions. The Journal would welcome your views.

In this decade, religious statements on energy choices have been sprinkled with the principles of justice, participation, and sustainability-or their equivalents. The debate has focussed on nuclear energy, and all attempts to apply ethical principles have proven to be inseparable from, among other things, discussions of …