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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
February 16, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Medicine
Tagged
, "chilling effect", anti-humanism, bioethicists, fauna, flora, granite outcroppings, Hong Kong, human thriving, humans, medical establishment, misanthropy, natural processes, nature rights, nihilism, prosperity, responsibilities, rights, rivers, speciesism, The Lancet}

World’s Oldest Medical Journal Endorses “Nature Rights”

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February 16, 2023

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism, Medicine

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In other words, we, flora, fauna, and, indeed, geological features such as rivers and granite outcroppings are equal. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
February 8, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Ethics
Medicine
Tagged
, artificial wombs, biotech, clones, Daily Mail, Dolly the sheep, egg cell, embryos, fetuses, humans, immortality, medicine, nucleus, somatic cell nuclear transfer, transhumanists}

Harvesting Clones to Live Forever Would Be Monstrous

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February 8, 2023

Bioethics, Ethics, Medicine

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Of course, Zhavoronkov’s lab is in China — the land where medical and other ethics might go to die. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
February 7, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Botany
Ethics
Human Exceptionalism
Life Sciences
Tagged
, abortion, animal rights, animal welfare, Belgium, birth, California, Canada, doctors, Finland, France, gender dysphoria, gender-affirming care, geographical features, glaciers, Holocaust, human life, insects, Jews, Journal of Medical Ethics, mastectomies, Netherlands, Ontario, Oregon, organ donation, peas, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, rivers, Sweden, unborn children, United Kingdom}

The Fear of Suffering Is Driving Us Crazy

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February 7, 2023

Bioethics, Botany, Ethics, Human Exceptionalism, Life Sciences

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Our suffering phobia has triggered a harmful societal neurosis that has both subverted human exceptionalism and undermined societal common sense. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
February 6, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Environment & Climate
Medicine
Tagged
, animal rights, animals, anti-humanism, COVID-19, equity, global warming, Greta Thunberg, health, human beings, pandemic, Peter Singer, wokeness}

Top Medical Journal Demands “Ecological Equity”

_{Wesley J. Smith
February 6, 2023

Bioethics, Environment & Climate, Medicine

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This isn’t some outlier bioethicist or animal-rights activist being given a few pages of ink. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
February 5, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, assisted suicide, Belgium, California, Canada, Colorado, Daily Mail, Death with Dignity, doctors, Germany, Netherlands, Oregon, Portland, Skype, suicide, Switzerland, Vermont, Zoom}

Suicide Tourism Comes to Oregon

_{Wesley J. Smith
February 5, 2023

Bioethics, Medicine

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Some jurisdictions are getting there faster and some slower. But that tide only flows in one direction. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
February 2, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Neuroscience & Mind
Technology
Tagged
, artificial intelligence, chatbot, ChatGPT, computer program, computers, death, faith, software, transhumanism, transhumanists}

The Fantasy of Living Forever in a Computer

_{Wesley J. Smith
February 2, 2023

Bioethics, Neuroscience & Mind, Technology

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If eternal life is attainable, it will be found by working on one’s soul in faith, not by developing ever-more-advanced AI computers. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
January 31, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, Connecticut, eyesight, gender ideology, Leon Kass, lifestyle, limbs, National Post, Quebec, transableism, transgenderism, Wesleyan University}

End of the Road for Radical Individual “Re-Creationism”? Not So Fast

_{Wesley J. Smith
January 31, 2023

Bioethics, Medicine

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Transableism is a relatively new term for what is known as BIID, for “body integrity identity disorder.” Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
December 18, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Ethics
Medicine
Tagged
, children, China, climate change, environmentalism, experts, family planning, global warming, kids, life, moral responsibility, policies, prison}

Bioethicist: Having Children Is Bad

_{Wesley J. Smith
December 18, 2022

Bioethics, Ethics, Medicine

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Talk about shades of China family-planning theory. We must destroy much of what makes life worth living in order save the planet! Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
December 11, 2022

Categories
Medicine
Science
Tagged
, abandonment, assisted suicide, Canada, COVID-19, Daily Mail, death, Death with Dignity, doctor, homelessness, lethal injection, lockdown, MAiD, media, medical assistance in dying, poverty, PTSD}

Bioethics: In Canada, Medically Assisted Death Is a Solution for Poverty

_{Wesley J. Smith
December 11, 2022

Medicine, Science

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In the U.S., too, many assisted suicides are facilitated by doctors who have not treated the patient. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
December 5, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Culture
Tagged
, burial, Christianity, dirt, flowers, forest, gnosticism, human dignity, human life, Judeo-Christian tradition, nature worship, neo-paganism, New York Times, paganism, salvation, Scripture, second coming, Washington State, Western civilization}

Nature Worship Advances as Human Dignity Retreats

_{Wesley J. Smith
December 5, 2022

Bioethics, Culture

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The dead body has value because the human person does. How we treat our dead reflects our views on what we think about the living. Read More ›