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J.Randolph Radney
  • While many may think of doulas as supporting people through pregnancy and childbirth, they can also play a supportive role at the end of life. The Doula Studies program at Fanshawe covers the full spectrum of support provided by doulas; as part of their studies, students complete coursework on grief, loss and death. 
J.Randolph Radney
  • First, we should accept the fact that none of us can claim an infallibility of knowledge or a final and definite insight into ultimate truth.
  • Second, sometimes the truth about things exists as half-truths held by different people, and through controversy the truth in the parts can be made into a great unified truth of the whole.

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J.Randolph Radney
  • Freedom to offend

     

    Finally, I am concerned that this whole torturous debate indicates that some people are too ready to think that the potential of causing “offence” is a knock-down reason not to publish something. We are in danger of losing a balance between freedom and responsibility. There are responsibilities to speak out, as well as to remain silent. A love of building bridges between cultures does not entail the silencing of those who may not want to build a bridge, or do not want to speak in measured tones. Of course we should educate citizens to tolerate and respect each other. But we should also teach that in a plural society, expect to be offended. 

The right to offend trumps the right not to be offended. In light of the cartoon case, journalists need to ask not only, “What are the limits of a free press?” but also “What are the limits of social responsibility?”

J.Randolph Radney
  • Freedom of expression is limited, most notably as it pertains to the violation of moral values and to the transmission of messages that incite hatred and violence (racism, discrimination, etc.)
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