Weikart on C-SPAN: Jefferson, Russell, Hitler, Pianka, and More

_{David Klinghoffer
September 2, 2018

Bioethics

1}

Kudos to interviewer Peter Slen who is utterly unreadable as to his own attitudes on any on this. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
August 29, 2018

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

Euthanasia’s Moral Abyss — Belgian Edition

_{Wesley J. Smith
August 29, 2018

Bioethics

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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 26, 2018

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

For Rivers, a “Right to Flow”?

_{Wesley J. Smith
August 26, 2018

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism

3}

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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Date
August 24, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Tagged
, __k-review, C-SPAN, California State University Stanislaus, Center for Science and Culture, Discovery Institute, FreedomFest, George Gilder, history, Hitler’s Religion, John West, Las Vegas, Richard Weikart, The Death of Humanity}

Weikart Will Discuss Hitler’s Religion, Death of Humanity, on C-SPAN, Sunday Night

_{Science and Culture
August 24, 2018

Bioethics

1}

Discovery Institute’s Richard Weikart, George Gilder, and John West were speakers at last month’s FreedomFest at the Paris Resort in Las Vegas. 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

4}

“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

4}

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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Date
August 19, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Philosophy
Tagged
, __k-review, body, female, Heritage Foundation, ID the Future, life, Love Thy Body, male, materialists, Nancy Pearcey, nature, podcast, sexuality}

Nancy Pearcey Urges Inconsistent Materialists: Love Thy Body

_{Science and Culture
August 19, 2018

Bioethics, Philosophy

1}

One inconsistency is their unlivable claim that “we have no free will.” Read More ›

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Date
August 17, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Ethics
Tagged
, __k-review, body, ID the Future, intelligent design, life, Nancy Pearcey, podcast, purpose, sexuality, Tod Butterfield}

Nancy Pearcey: Love Your Designed Body, Made for a Purpose

_{Science and Culture
August 17, 2018

Bioethics, Ethics

1}

Who — or what — determines what we are? Why does it matter? And how should we act in light of the answers to those questions? Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
August 8, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, abortion, Australia, authoritarianism, Canada, conscientious objection, 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

4}

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, cell lines, 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

2}

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 ›