Category: Bioethics | Page 73 | Science and Culture Today

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April 24, 2019

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Bioethics
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Teen Vogue, National Geographic Push Nature Rights Further into Mainstream

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April 24, 2019

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The story gushes that nature rights will restore ancient indigenous wisdom, meaning it will undermine Western civilization. Read More ›

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David Klinghoffer

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April 22, 2019

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Bioethics
Medicine
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Before Texas Senate Committee, Smith Testifies on Medical Coercion Law, “Worst in the U.S.”

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April 22, 2019

Bioethics, Medicine

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Thank you to Wesley J. Smith for fighting what’s often a very lonely fight against the increasingly dehumanizing tendency in contemporary medicine. Read More ›

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Wesley J. Smith

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April 22, 2019

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Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
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The Earth: It’s Alive! It’s Alive!

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April 22, 2019

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Even James Lovelock, who created Gaia Theory, now worries that environmentalism has become a religion. Read More ›

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Wesley J. Smith

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April 20, 2019

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Bioethics
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German High Court to Rule on Right to Suicide

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April 20, 2019

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If the continent’s most important country embraces the culture of death, the darkness will spread. Read More ›

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Wesley J. Smith

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April 12, 2019

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Bioethics
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China Genetically Engineering Monkeys to Be More Human

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April 12, 2019

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Swell. A few years ago we were promised experiments that would effect the brain would never be done in mice. They were right. Read More ›

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David Klinghoffer

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April 10, 2019

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Bioethics
Evolution
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Wesley Smith on Transhumanism — A New Tower of Babel

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April 10, 2019

Bioethics, Evolution

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Wesley has been fighting this fight almost single-handedly, as the media looks on in admiration at attempts to control evolution and usher in a secular New Jerusalem. Read More ›

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Wesley J. Smith

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April 8, 2019

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Bioethics
Medicine
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“Starve Me” Advance Directive Would Be Immoral

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April 8, 2019

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Many of these provisions are, to say the least, subject to interpretation. And people with dementia may refuse food one meal, and accept the next. Read More ›

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Wesley J. Smith

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April 5, 2019

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Bioethics
Environment & Climate
Human Exceptionalism
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“Ecocide” Would Criminalize Resource Development

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April 5, 2019

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Note that “peaceful enjoyment by the inhabitants” is a very broad term that is not limited to human beings. Rather, it includes everything from grass, fish, and insects, to mice, snakes, and people. Read More ›

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Wesley J. Smith

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April 2, 2019

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Bioethics
Medicine
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So Now Will Nurses Only Prevent Some Suicides?

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April 2, 2019

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Here’s the problem. The leadership of organized medicine and mainstream bioethicists are increasingly joining the progressive ideological coalition. Read More ›

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Wesley J. Smith

Date
March 23, 2019

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Bioethics
Medicine
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David Brooks Forgets to Oppose Some Suicides

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March 23, 2019

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Like so many others in the contemporary cultural milieu, Brooks remains in the shallow water by failing to grapple with the ubiquitous promotion of suicide we see all around us. Read More ›