long-exposure-shot-of-a-downtown-street-at-sunset-skyscraper-261207469-stockpack-adobestock Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date September 19, 2016 CategoriesBioethicsMedicine Tagged , __nedited, Belgium, euthanasia, Health & Wellness, nihilism, pain, suffering Minor Euthanized in Belgium, and It’s Legal Wesley J. Smith September 19, 2016 Bioethics, Medicine 2 As Yuval Levin has noted, eliminating suffering has become the overriding purpose of society. Read More ›
Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date September 15, 2016 CategoriesBioethicsMedicine Tagged , __k-review, Health & Wellness, The War on Humans The War on Robert Atkins Goes On Wesley J. Smith September 15, 2016 Bioethics, Medicine 1 PETA and other animal rights zealots went to war against Dr. Atkins because he promoted a low carb diet as a healthy way to lose weight. Read More ›
Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date September 14, 2016 CategoriesBioethicsLegal Science (jurisprudence) Tagged , __k-review, nature “Nature Rights” Goes to Court Wesley J. Smith September 14, 2016 Bioethics, Legal Science (jurisprudence) 1 Before you chortle, "It will never happen here," remember: It only takes one ideological judge who wants to make history. Read More ›
Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date September 12, 2016 CategoriesBioethicsEnvironment & Climate Tagged , __tedited, bioethicis, climate change, crisis, legislation, skepticism, trust in scientists The Dire Threat of “Neoskepticism” Wesley J. Smith September 12, 2016 Bioethics, Environment & Climate 2 If one "crisis" doesn't bring about the international technocracy, another will serve just as well. Read More ›
Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date September 9, 2016 CategoriesBioethicsHuman Exceptionalism Tagged , __tedited, animal rights, animal welfare, anti-human, anti-human exceptionalism, domestication, ownership, PETA, property, slavery Animal Rights Means No Dogs or Cats Wesley J. Smith September 9, 2016 Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism 4 Most AR activists, like PETA's zealots, don't state the pet part boldly. The one exception to that general rule is Gary Francione. Read More ›
Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date September 8, 2016 CategoriesBioethicsMedicine Tagged , __k-review, Health & Wellness, Nation, News Applause if You Want to Die, Silence if You Want to Live Wesley J. Smith September 8, 2016 Bioethics, Medicine 1 A disabled 14-year-old girl named Jerika Bolen is being celebrated in the news. Why? Read More ›
Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date September 6, 2016 CategoriesBioethicsHuman Exceptionalism Tagged , __tedited, animal experiments, animal intelligence, animal rights, Edward Taub, human experimentation, human intelligence, human rights, medical ethics, medical experiments, medical research, moral value, PETA, Peter Singer, Silver Spring Monkey Case, value The Human Cost of Animal Rights Fanaticism Wesley J. Smith September 6, 2016 Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism 6 Animal rights activists associated with PETA set up Dr. Edward Taub as an animal abuser. Read More ›
Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date September 3, 2016 CategoriesBioethicsMedicine Tagged , __tedited, “consensus science”, authoritarianism, freedom of conscience, legislation, medical conscience Forced Reeducation for MDs Who Don’t Want to Kill Wesley J. Smith September 3, 2016 Bioethics, Medicine 2 Bioethicists would require doctors to perform community service for their thought crime and to attend reeducation classes. Read More ›
Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date September 2, 2016 CategoriesBioethicsMedicine Tagged , __tedited, “consensus science”, assisted suicide, coercion, conscience rights, euthanasia, freedom of religion, Health & Wellness, Hippocratic Oath, medical conscience, organ harvesting, pro-life Bioethics “Consensus Statement” Would Force Doctors to Kill and Abort Wesley J. Smith September 2, 2016 Bioethics, Medicine 3 The question of medical conscience — as a subset of religious liberty — is going to be one of the most contentious issues facing us in the next decade. Read More ›
Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date September 1, 2016 CategoriesBioethics Tagged , __tedited, human exceptionalism, human intelligence, language, The Kingdom of Speech, Tom Wolfe, Western civilization Tom Wolfe: Human Exceptionalist Wesley J. Smith September 1, 2016 Bioethics 3 The ubiquitous attacks on human exceptionalism are one of the current age's worst decadent tendencies. Read More ›