Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date August 14, 2016 CategoriesBioethicsLegal Science (jurisprudence)Medicine Tagged , __k-review, News, world Canadian Bar Association Wants More Euthanasia Wesley J. Smith August 14, 2016 Bioethics, Legal Science (jurisprudence), Medicine 1 Once a society accepts the premise that killing is an acceptable answer to suffering, here's what happens. Read More ›
Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date August 13, 2016 CategoriesBioethicsLegal Science (jurisprudence)Medicine Tagged , __tedited, assisted suicide, autonomy, popular media, public opinion, terminal illness ALS Suicide Party Wesley J. Smith August 13, 2016 Bioethics, Legal Science (jurisprudence), Medicine 1 The normalization of suicide by the media continues. Read More ›
Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date August 12, 2016 CategoriesBioethicsMedicine Tagged , __tedited, bioethics, censorship, embryo research, embryonic stem cells, hype, medical ethics, Stem Cell Research Embryonic Stem Cell Hype — Was Hype Wesley J. Smith August 12, 2016 Bioethics, Medicine 2 Let's remember all those people who did not get out of their wheelchairs nor have their diabetes or Parkinson's cured by ESC therapies. Read More ›
Type post Author Michael Egnor Date August 7, 2016 CategoriesBioethicsEvolutionFaith & Science Tagged , __k-review, history, Politics A Dehumanizing Ideology Unsurprisingly Catalyzes Violence Michael Egnor August 7, 2016 Bioethics, Evolution, Faith & Science 1 Ideas have consequences. That includes reducing human beings to animals or meat robots, deprived of free will or any claim to human exceptionalism. Read More ›
Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date August 6, 2016 CategoriesBioethics Tagged , __k-review, Nation, News, Politics, Research Brave New World Should Be Campaign Issue Wesley J. Smith August 6, 2016 Bioethics 1 Human cloning is being perfected, we are already engaging in embryonic experiments into genetic engineering, and there is a great silence. Read More ›
Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date August 4, 2016 CategoriesBioethics Tagged , __k-review, Health & Wellness, News, Research, science NIH Can’t Be Trusted to Regulate Animal/Human Research Wesley J. Smith August 4, 2016 Bioethics 1 We have to be careful how we react to stories like this and not assume that all such work is, by definition, unethical. Read More ›
Type post Author Michael Egnor Date July 28, 2016 CategoriesBioethicsLegal Science (jurisprudence)Neuroscience & MindPhilosophy Tagged , __k-review, Nation, News Without Free Will There Is No Justice Michael Egnor July 28, 2016 Bioethics, Legal Science (jurisprudence), Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy 1 Of course Manson acolyte Leslie Van Houten chose to kill, just as millions of law-abiding people choose not to kill. Read More ›
Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date July 27, 2016 CategoriesBioethics Tagged , __tedited, cloning, Dolly the sheep, human cloning, legislation, reproductive cloning, somatic cell nuclear transfer Dolly Clones Pave the Way for Human Cloning Wesley J. Smith July 27, 2016 Bioethics 3 Some human cloning apologists say that "therapeutic cloning" is different from "reproductive cloning." That's false. Read More ›
Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date July 26, 2016 CategoriesBioethicsLegal Science (jurisprudence)Scientific Freedom Tagged , __k-review, Nation, News Criminal Prosecution as a Cudgel Against Dissenters Wesley J. Smith July 26, 2016 Bioethics, Legal Science (jurisprudence), Scientific Freedom 1 The Planned Parenthood prosecution of David Daleiden and a colleague was a particularly egregious example of this authoritarianism. Read More ›
Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date July 21, 2016 CategoriesBioethicsMedicine Tagged , __tedited, assisted suicide, culture of death, euthanasia, freedom of conscience, Hippocratic Oath, legislation, palliative care Culture of Death Brings Tyranny to Vermont Wesley J. Smith July 21, 2016 Bioethics, Medicine 2 Authorities in the state require doctors to counsel terminally ill patients on receiving assisted suicide. Read More ›
