Iain Benson is the Centre's Executive Director. He developed the Centre's Research Council and manages the research and publication priorities of the Centre. Iain is a Barrister and Solicitor. He was formerly the Senior Solicitor for the B.C. labour relations board. Iain studied at various universities in Canada, Scotland and England, and has degrees from Queens University, University of Cambridge, and University of Windsor. n
nHis interests and studies cross a variety of areas including philosophy, law, theology and medical ethics. He practices constitutional and administrative law and, has appeared before all levels of Court in Canada. He has also written on a broad range of issues and has lectured internationally. He is frequently quoted in the press and has appeared on television and radio including leading Canadian Broadcasting Corporation programs Tapestry, Ideas, and Commentary. In addition to the Centre's LexView, his writing has appeared in the Law Times, the Toronto Star the Globe and Mail, the National Post and the Calgary Herald.
Failure of the Moral Foundations of Western Society
Speaker(s): Iain Benson, Loren Wilkinson
Date: 1990
Length: 9h 7m
Product ID: RGMP2054S
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Certain aspects of social change are focused on to provide examples of philosophical and theological shifts. The goal is to elucidate both the existence of and underlying causes for what may be described as the breakdown of the moral foundations in modern times.
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Loren E. Wilkinson is retired as Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies & Philosophy at Regent College. Previously he served as Associate Professor in the Department of English at Seattle Pacific College and Fellow at the Calvin Center for Christian Scholarship. He is editor of Earthkeeping in the Nineties: Stewardship of Creation, and co-wrote Caring for Creation in Your Own Backyard with his wife, Mary Ruth.
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