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Wesley J. Smith

Date
August 29, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Tagged
, __k-review, addiction, Alzheimer’s, Belgium, despair, euthanasia, fear, killing, loneliness, organ donation, psychiatric disorders, schizophrenia, suffering, suicide}

Euthanasia’s Moral Abyss — Belgian Edition

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August 29, 2018

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The carnage so bloodlessly described in the Belgian report demonstrates vividly the consequences to a society when it generally accepts killing as a proper answer to human suffering. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
August 28, 2018

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Scientific Freedom
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, __k-review, climate change, debate, free speech, global warming, intellectuals, Internet, media, Politics, skepticism, social media, The Guardian}

The “We Are Too Right to Debate” Folly

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August 28, 2018

Scientific Freedom

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Global-warming public intellectuals have warned the media that if they allow skeptics to have a voice in stories, they will boycott giving comment. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
August 26, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Tagged
, __k-review, animals, Bolivia, courts, Ecuador, glaciers, humans, law, legal standing, nature, nature rights, policymakers, rationality, rivers, United States}

For Rivers, a “Right to Flow”?

_{Wesley J. Smith
August 26, 2018

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism

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Most media with which I interact on this issue assume that advocating personhood for nature must be a fringe meme. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
August 21, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Tagged
, __k-review, animal standing, animals, Argentina, chimpanzees, Congress, horses, judges, law, lawsuits, litigation, monkeys, Oregon, pets, rationality, San Francisco Chronicle, whales, zoo}

When Horses Sue

_{Wesley J. Smith
August 21, 2018

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism

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“Animal standing” would open the courts to lawsuits brought by animals. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
August 20, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Tagged
, __k-review, animals, anthropology, flies, grizzly bear, human beings, locomotion, Montana, natural selection, oysters, plankton, sunlight}

No, We Are Not “Beasts”

_{Wesley J. Smith
August 20, 2018

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism

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Maxim Loskutoff recounts the time he and his girlfriend were threatened by a grizzly bear while hiking in Montana. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
August 18, 2018

Categories
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, assisted suicide, Bloomberg, elderly, health care, terminal illness}

Stop Blaming Elderly and Terminally Ill for Our Health-Care Spending Problems

_{Wesley J. Smith
August 18, 2018

Medicine

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There is a widely believed myth that the elderly and dying take up a huge amount of the overall health-care budget. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
August 8, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, abortion, Australia, authoritarianism, Canada, doctors, health care, Hippocratic Oath, human rights, medical conscience, medicine, nurses, Ontario, pharmacists, progressive, suicide}

The Drive to Obliterate “Medical Conscience”

_{Wesley J. Smith
August 8, 2018

Bioethics, Medicine

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An international effort seeks to transform abortion into a positive right, which would require the state to guarantee access. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
August 6, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, animal rights, animals, bioengineering, blood vessels, computers, euthanasia, George W. Bush, hearts, Human, kidneys, lungs, organ transplant, pigs, Research, rodents, Science News, scientists, stem cells, United States}

Lab-Grown Lungs Transplanted into Pigs

_{Wesley J. Smith
August 6, 2018

Bioethics, Medicine

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The human organ shortage is one of the great bioethical dilemmas of our time. Expanding the organ supply is a matter of life and death. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
August 4, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, Canada, dementia, dissent, euthanasia, homicide, Quebec, United States}

Thousands of Euthanasia Killings in Canada

_{Wesley J. Smith
August 4, 2018

Bioethics, Medicine

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It is shocking how enthusiastically Canada has embraced the culture of death — to the point that little dissent is allowed. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
July 30, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, babies, Belgium, Canada, children, disability, euthanasia, infanticide, medical treatment, Netherlands, pets, terminal illness}

Remember When Euthanasia Was About “Choice” for Adults?

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July 30, 2018

Bioethics, Medicine

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If killing is a “medical treatment,” how can it be denied to anyone based on age or competency? Read More ›