Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date September 23, 2016 CategoriesBioethicsMedicine Tagged , __k-review, Health & Wellness, Nation, News In Oregon, a Push to Starve Dementia Patients Wesley J. Smith September 23, 2016 Bioethics, Medicine 1 People have the right to refuse medical treatment, including in an advance directive. Read More ›
weasel-on-a-log-stockpack-adobe-stock-468773676-stockpack-adobestock Type post Author Jonathan Witt Date September 23, 2016 CategoriesArtsBioethicsComputational SciencesEvolution Tagged , __edited, evolutionary informatics, hallucinations, Hamlet, information theory, Richard Dawkins, simulations, The Blind Watchmaker, theater play, thought experiment, Weasel program, William Shakespeare Richard Dawkins’s Weasel Program Is Bad in Ways You Never Dreamed Jonathan Witt September 23, 2016 Arts, Bioethics, Computational Sciences, Evolution 9 His reductive approach causes him to miss a delicious irony. Read More ›
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, informed consent, nihilism, pain, suffering, Yuval Levin 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 David Klinghoffer Date September 13, 2016 CategoriesBioethicsEvolutionFaith & ScienceIntelligent Design Tagged , __k-review, science, Undeniable (book) Intelligent Design Is the Backdrop for a Dan Brown-Style Thriller — Bruce Buff’s The Soul of the Matter David Klinghoffer September 13, 2016 Bioethics, Evolution, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design 1 In a pretty effective and tense new novel, an MIT geneticist believes he has found evidence, codes within codes, for intelligent programming behind evolution. 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 Richard Weikart Date September 8, 2016 CategoriesBioethicsEvolutionScience Reporting Tagged , __k-review, News, Science Darwinism and the Sexual Revolution Richard Weikart September 8, 2016 Bioethics, Evolution, Science Reporting 1 Yet another "scientific" study claims that Darwinian processes have given us genetic proclivities toward sexual immorality. Read More ›
