Book launch: Catholic Bioethics, by Bp Anthony Fisher

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Published: September 12, 2012

Bishop Anthony Fisher's recent book, Catholic Bioethics for a New Millennium, will be launched at NSW Parliament House in Sydney on September 18.

The book, published by Cambridge University Press, is a robust challenge to Australian moral relativism.

DETAILS

5.30pm-7pm Tuesday, September 18, in the Jubilee Room, Parliament House, Macquarie Street, Sydney

RSVP by September 14, to the office of Greg Donnelly MLC, 02) 9230 2280

Michael Cook, editor, BioEdge. 0422-691-615; michael@bioedge.org

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