How Contemporary Society Promotes Elder Suicide

_{Wesley J. Smith
June 23, 2018

Bioethics, Medicine, Technology

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Two UCSF medical professors warn about increasing “rational” elder suicides. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 21, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, __k-review, abortion, artificial intelligence, China, dystopia, economics, future, Great Minds with Michael Medved, humans, Jay Richards, machines, Michael Medved, middle class, prestige, robots, smart machines, The Human Advantage, unemployment, virtue}

Richards, Medved: Sex Robots and the Future “Smart Machine” Dystopia

_{David Klinghoffer
June 21, 2018

Bioethics, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

2}

There are some definite “Stop the world, I want to get off” moments in the new Great Minds with Michael Medved podcast from Discovery Institute. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
June 20, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, animal rights, BBC News, cell lines, computer program, conservatives, enzyme, function, gene, King’s College London, Maryland, monkeys, PETA, rats, spinal cord, stroke, viruses}

We Need the Grim Good of Animal Research

_{Wesley J. Smith
June 20, 2018

Bioethics, Medicine

3}

Scientists researching gene therapy as a potential future therapy have succeeded in restoring feeling to paralyzed rats. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 20, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, abortion, birth defects, CIA, Daily Wire, Denmark, Down syndrome, eugenics, Europe, euthanasia, France, From Darwin to Hitler, Germany, human dignity, Iceland, Nazis, Pope Francis, Richard Dawkins, Richard Weikart, sterilization}

Were Nazis More Tolerant of Down Syndrome than Some European Countries Today?

_{David Klinghoffer
June 20, 2018

Bioethics, Medicine

4}

Richard Dawkins lashed out at Pope Francis for the latter’s comparing modern eugenic efforts to Nazi precedents that sought to “create a pure race.” Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
June 13, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, abortion, authoritarianism, BBC News, Canada, civil rights, doctors, euthanasia, health care, hospital, human rights, Ireland, liberty, medical conscience, nurses, Roman Catholic}

Medical Conscience Crisis Comes to Ireland

_{Wesley J. Smith
June 13, 2018

Bioethics, Medicine

3}

This is not only authoritarian — shattering the guarantees of religious liberty in virtually all existing human-rights accords — but could cause a significant brain drain. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
June 12, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, Alfie Evans, authoritarianism, autonomy, Charlie Gard, doctors, futile care theory, hypocrisy, killing, medicine, Nazism, patients, technocracy, treatment, United Kingdom, utilitarianism}

Bioethicists to the People: “Obey Us!”

_{Wesley J. Smith
June 12, 2018

Bioethics, Medicine

4}

Udo Schuklenk is furious at the public backlash against the forced removal of life support from Alfie Evans in the U.K. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 11, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Ethics
Human Exceptionalism
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, animals, Avengers: Infinity War, culture, Darwinism, deer, Ebola, entertainment, evolution, hero, Hollywood, ID the Future, intelligent design, materialism, movies, podcast, Rachel Adams, Robert Crowther, Thanos, viruses}

Listen: Reviewing Infinity War — And What’s That Got to Do with Intelligent Design?

_{David Klinghoffer
June 11, 2018

Bioethics, Ethics, Human Exceptionalism, Intelligent Design

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Evolutionary ecologist Eric Pianka has mused about a dramatic culling of the human race, by 90 percent, courtesy of the “efficient” Ebola virus. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
June 9, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Tagged
, __k-review, Aeon, African Americans, Australia, California, Canada, Darwinism, eugenics, Human Zoos, humanity, humans, India, indigenous people, La Trobe University, sterilization, United Nations, USAID, women}

Eugenic Sterilization Is STILL Going On

_{Sarah Chaffee
June 9, 2018

Bioethics

4}

Robert Wilson’s work brought him into contact with survivors of Canada’s eugenics regime, eventually drawing him into research and advocacy. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
June 4, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Tagged
, __k-review, animals, Argentina, chimpanzees, Eugene M. Fahey, glaciers, nature rights, New York Court of Appeals, North Carolina State University, orangutan, personhood, Peter Singer, philosopher, rivers, writ of habeas corpus}

New York Judge Supports “Personhood” for Chimpanzees

_{Wesley J. Smith
June 4, 2018

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism

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Why the alarm? Remember, it only takes one judge. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
June 3, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Faith & Science
Tagged
, __k-review, abortion, confession, Dublin, Europe, health, hospital, Ireland, lifestyle, Margaret Sanger, medicine, modernism, mother, Oliver Cromwell, paganism, parenthood, pregnancy, pyramids, Roman Catholic, Stonehenge}

Ireland Goes Back to Its Roots

_{Michael Egnor
June 3, 2018

Bioethics, Faith & Science

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It is a matter of fact — a straightforward scientific fact known since the basics of human reproduction were first understood — that human life begins at fertilization of the egg by the sperm. Read More ›