Category: Ethics

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Date
October 22, 2026

Categories
Ethics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biochemists, C. W. Howell, Designer Science, dissertation, Duke University, emendation, fake history, fake news, Judge John E. Jones, Kitzmiller v. Dover, Michael Behe, misattribution, New York University Press, scholarship, smoking gun}

C. W. Howell Scrubs Fabricated Behe Quote from Dissertation Without Coming Clean

_{Science & Culture
October 22, 2026

Ethics, Intelligent Design

3}

The ethical thing would have been to apologize and admit the seriousness of his mistake. His smoking gun, after all, wasn’t just a dud. It was imaginary. Read More ›

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Author
Jacob Vazquez

Date
October 14, 2026

Categories
Bioethics
Faith & Science
Philosophy
Tagged
, adaptive behavior, Alvin Plantinga, biology, blind physical processes, Christianity, consciousness, Darwinian evolution, dementia, embryo, evolutionary advantage, evolutionary history, free agency, human beings, human dignity, human nature, image of God, morality, naturalism, naturalists, personhood, Peter Singer, philosophers, rationality, reality, Sacred or Secular, social consensus, worldview}

What Is a Person, and How Do We Know?

_{Jacob Vazquez
October 14, 2026

Bioethics, Faith & Science, Philosophy

4}

The characteristics invoked in the abortion debate — consciousness, rationality, and intrinsic human dignity — function as recalcitrant facts for naturalism. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
October 12, 2026

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, advance directive, advance request, Belgium, bioethics, Canada, caregivers, crime, dementia, doctors, euthanasia, Global News, health care, killing, medical assistance in dying, mental illness, Netherlands, patients, suicide by self-starvation, termination}

In Canada, New Push for Euthanasia for People with Dementia

_{Wesley J. Smith
October 12, 2026

Bioethics, Medicine

3}

Some are celebrating Canada’s government “indefinitely suspending” legalizing euthanasia for mental illness as a great victory for life. Not me. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
October 12, 2026

Categories
Ethics
Technology
Tagged
, effective altruism, Elon Musk, Émile P. Torres, Epsilon Centauri, ethics, future, Future of Humanity Institute, human race, longtermism, Nick Bostrom, philosophy, posthumans, prophecy, religion, Sam Bankman-Fried, science fiction, technology, The Precipice, Toby Ord, Utopia, What We Owe the Future, William MacAskill}

As an Approach to Ethics, Longtermerism Makes No Sense

_{Denyse O’Leary
October 12, 2026

Ethics, Technology

5}

Elon Musk, whose ambition for space colonies is legendary, has said, “This is a close match for my philosophy.” Read More ›

United Nations Headquarters in New York, USA

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
September 30, 2026

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Tagged
, AKET Fund, Alfred Kobacker, bees, commodities, earth religion, economic thriving, Elizabeth Trimbach Fund, fossil fuel, General Assembly, glaciers, Green Party, House of Lords, human freedom, indigenous knowledge, minerals, mountains, National Geographic Society, nature, oil, Panama, progress, rivers, timber, trees, United Nations, waves}

Nature Rights — Now Coming to the United Nations

_{Wesley J. Smith
September 30, 2026

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism

4}

The potential harm to human thriving and to our self-perception as an exceptional species cannot be overstated. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 30, 2026

Categories
Biology
Ethics
Genetics
Tagged
, Abraham, Abram, Albert Jay Nock, America, Ashkenazi Jews, assaults, baitings, biology, boycott, Bronx, Brooklyn, calendar, Candace Owens, COVID-19, Darwinism, economists, Europe, Federal Government, Gaza, genetics, Holocaust Encyclopedia, human biology, human genome, incitements, intimidations, Iran, Israel, Jackson Heights, Jeremy Boreing, Jewish Question, Jews, Judaism, Khazars, lockdowns, Mike Huckabee, monologue, National Review, New Testament, Nowhere Doctrine, Nuremberg Code, Old Testament, picketings, prisoners of war, science, soapbox speeches, Soviet Jews, Soviet Union, The Atlantic, The Atlantic Monthly, theology, Tucker Carlson, William F. Buckley Jr., Yorkville}

Science, Science Abuse, and Today’s “Jewish Question”

_{David Klinghoffer
September 30, 2026

Biology, Ethics, Genetics

6}

Tucker Carlson has called for everyone in Israel to have a DNA test, to sort out the real from the false of “Abram's descendants.” Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
September 24, 2026

Categories
Ethics
Human Exceptionalism
Tagged
, agency, anthropomorphizing, arctic ice, Arctic Institute, Arctic sea ice, cattle ranches, crabs, elements, fossil fuel, geological features, glacier rights, human exceptionalism, humans, ice melt, intelligentsia, Jim Hightower, minerals, mystification, National Geographic Society, nature rights, NGOs, persons, rights of nature, sea ice, University of Helsinki}

Will You Take Ice with That? The Latest Madness from Nature Rights

_{Wesley J. Smith
September 24, 2026

Ethics, Human Exceptionalism

7}

Ice has no agency. It is frozen water. Water contains minerals and other elements. Do they have rights, too? Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
September 24, 2026

Categories
Computational Sciences
Ethics
Zoology
Tagged
, animals, artificial inteligence, biologgers, Bloomberg, buzzards, cave paintings, chimpanzees, Coller Dolittle Challenge, communication, CUNY, Daniela Canestrari, Earth Species Project, ethics, fungi, Kristin Andrews, Marriah Alcantara, mind, New York Post, plants, privacy rights, Ronny Reyes, Spain, Topoi, University of Leon, WEIRD, whales}

Next Big Thing Is… Privacy Rights for Animals?

_{Denyse O’Leary
September 24, 2026

Computational Sciences, Ethics, Zoology

5}

If we came across chimpanzee cave paintings, we would, of course, reconsider. But the thing is, we don’t. Read More ›

Close Up Vintage Royal Standard Typewriter with Paper and Books Still Life

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
September 20, 2026

Categories
Arts
Ethics
Technology
Tagged
, artificial inteligence, books, chatbots, Claude, community, computers, Counterpoint Press, dependence, ecological health, economic justice, electricity, Energy, energy consumption, environment, family, Harper’s Magazine, land, machines, natural resources, nature, peace, political honesty, pollution, prosocial intentions, relationships, Tanya Berry, technology, thinking, typewriter, water usage, Wendell Berry, work}

Learning about Technology, and Relationships, from Wendell Berry

_{Andrew McDiarmid
September 20, 2026

Arts, Ethics, Technology

10}

Berry describes the beautiful working relationship he had with his wife, Tanya. She typed his work on a Royal standard typewriter. Read More ›

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Author
John Zmirak

Date
August 31, 2026

Categories
Arts
Bioethics
Technology
Tagged
, 9/11, artificial inteligence, Benjamin Franklin, bombing, Chicago, Christianity, Chronicles, disaster preparedness, Discovery Institute, Discovery Institute Press, district attorney, fiction, Geoffrey Simmons, George Whitefield, Hiroshima, Hollywood, intelligent design, John Zmirak, Just War, Manhattan Project, Michael Crichton, Michael Fassbender, morality, near-death experiences, nuclear physicists, nuclear weapons, Oppenheimer’s Demon, philosophy, physicians, Robert Oppenheimer, tactical nuclear weapons, The Odyssey, thrillers, World War II, worldview}

Grappling with Our Promethean Past … and Future

_{John Zmirak
August 31, 2026

Arts, Bioethics, Technology

5}

As with film, we’d also be wise to support works in other genres that skillfully depict fictional worlds infused with a truthful worldview. Read More ›