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News: August/September 2002

Doubting Dads in DNA Theft • A Smack of Censorship • Bare-Skinned Broilers • Medical Microchips • No Perfume for Kitty

The Philosopher as Minister

French philosopher Luc Ferry, wellknow for his criticisms of postmodernism and its adherents, has been named the new minister of youth, education and research by French President Jacques Chirac. Ferry challenged the role of Marxism in French society in the 1970s, and went on to critique the ideas of Michel Foucault, Jacques Derrida and other postmodernist thinkers in French Philosophy of the Sixties: An Essay on Anti-Humanism with Alain Renaut. The appointment will not be Ferry’s first in the realm of government: He also served as president of a national council overseeing the revision of the standard curriculum in higher education under both Chirac and Lionel Jospin.

Diane Pretty loses her battle

After a long and traumatic battle in the courts for her right to assisted suicide, Diane Pretty has died. Having been diagnosed with motor neurone disease (MND) in 1999, the Prettys launched the first legal challenge to the UK law on assisted suicides.

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