Category: Ethics

Livestock, sustainable and herd of cattle on a farm in the countryside for eco friendly environment. Agriculture, animals and cows for meat, dairy or beef trade production industry in a grass field.

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
January 22, 2026

Categories
Bioethics
Computational Sciences
Ethics
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, __featured2, animal rights, animal suffering, animals, cats, cattle, Dogs, ethical issues, immorality, large language models, LLMs, meal planning, misanthropy, moral philosophers, Peter Singer, Princeton University, propaganda, robots, smart refrigerators, speciesism, steak}

“Moral Philosopher” Decries AI “Speciesism”

_{Wesley J. Smith
January 22, 2026

Bioethics, Computational Sciences, Ethics

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Speciesism is the misanthropic argument that treating an animal like an animal is an evil akin to racism. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 22, 2026

Categories
Ethics
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
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, __featured1, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, artists, atheism, Cavendish, Communism, continents, Dallas Conference on Science and Faith, earth, exile, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Ignat Solzhenitsyn, interviews, music, musical instrument, musicians, Peter Robinson, pianists, Russia, Soviet Union, Stephen Meyer, Uncommon Knowledge, Vermont}

Solzhenitsyn and the Demon of Evil: Peter Robinson, Ignat Solzhenitsyn in Conversation

_{David Klinghoffer
January 22, 2026

Ethics, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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The demon of evil circles, sometimes uncloaked, other times cloaked in various guises, including the guise of faith. Read More ›

Veterinarian in protective clothing tending to a pig on a farm, emphasizing animal care and health management

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
January 7, 2026

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
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, AIDS, animal experiments, animal research, animals, bodily systems, brain, Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy, dialysis, Edward Taub, federal funding, human organs, human research, Jesse Gelsinger, kidney, Make America Healthy Again, medicine, monkeys, organ transplant, pigs, plasticity, primates, Research, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., surgery, Towana Looney, World War II}

For MAHA’s Sake, Don’t Eliminate Animal Experimentation

_{Wesley J. Smith
January 7, 2026

Bioethics, Medicine

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Years ago, Dr. Edward Taub hypothesized that brain function could exhibit greater plasticity than it was believed at the time. Read More ›

Operation room surgery in hospital, blurred figures. Professional treatment and professional conduct concept.

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
January 7, 2026

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Donation after Circulatory Death, euthanasia, lethal injection, lethal overdose, mental illness, Neonatal Resuscitation Program, Netherlands, Ontario, organ harvesting, organs, statistics, suicidal people, suicide, terminal illness, Thaddeus Mason Pope}

Bringing a Moral Horror to America: The Assisted-Suicide Movement Wants It

_{Wesley J. Smith
January 7, 2026

Bioethics, Medicine

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Conjoining organ harvesting with assisted suicide or euthanasia gives society a “stake” in sick people being made dead. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
January 7, 2026

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Zoology
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, animal rights, anti-capitalism, bees, climate change, geological features, government, habitat loss, human activity, humans, industry, insects, law, lawfare, lawsuits, nature rights, PETA, pollution, Smithsonian Magazine, stingless bees}

In Peru, Bees Are Granted the Right to Life

_{Wesley J. Smith
January 7, 2026

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism, Zoology

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It is not as if nature or animals need to be granted rights in order to be protected robustly. Read More ›

Human embryo shaped like an adorable baby floating among stars and cosmic dust, symbolizing fetus development, womb, gestation, amniotic life, and pregnancy in the universe

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
January 5, 2026

Categories
Bioethics
Ethics
Tagged
, anthropomorphizing, artificial gestation, Cell Press, China, egg, embryo, embryonic stem cell research, embryos, fetus, human embryos, IVF, miscarriages, MIT Technology Review:, organoids, pregnancy, Spain, Stem Cell Research, unborn children, United Kingdom, United States, uterine lining, uterus, Vermont, women}

How Far Will Experiments on the Unborn Go?

_{Wesley J. Smith
January 5, 2026

Bioethics, Ethics

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We have been told by some bioethicists that a born baby is no different morally than a fetus, so why stop there? Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
January 4, 2026

Categories
Ethics
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Ann Gauger, beauty, Center for Science and Culture, David Klinghoffer, Discovery Institute, God’s Grandeur, goodness, gratitude, ID the Future, illusion, intelligent design, materialistic evolution, podcast, reality, truth}

Why Scientific Materialism Is No Match for Truth, Beauty, and Goodness

_{Andrew McDiarmid
January 4, 2026

Ethics, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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Is the world a good place? Is truth relative? Can beauty be defined? David Klinghoffer talks with Dr. Ann Gauger. Read More ›

The concept of control and dictatorship over people

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
January 3, 2026

Categories
Ethics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, Alain Aspect, Anton Zeilinger, atheists, Benjamin Libet, Determined: A Science of Life Without Free Will, free will, J. D. Vance, John F. Clauser, logic, meat puppets, Michael Egnor, Minority Report, neuroscience, neuroscientists, physics, readiness potential, Robert Sapolsky, Sam Harris, Soviet Union, Stanford University, The Immortal Mind, totalitarianism, United States, Wilder Penfield, Yuval Noah Harari}

Free Will vs. the Totalitarian Temptation

_{Denyse O’Leary
January 3, 2026

Ethics, Neuroscience & Mind

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If our thoughts and choices really are wholly determined, well then what follows? Read More ›

Tourist man hiker on top of the mountain. Active life concept

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
December 21, 2025

Categories
Ethics
Evolution
Tagged
, Darwinism, Houston Christian University, ID the Future, Industrial Revolution, masculinity, Nancy Pearcey, secularism, The Toxic War on Masculinity, toxic masculinity, virtuous masculinity}

Nancy Pearcey: How Darwinism Fueled a Toxic War on Masculinity

_{Andrew McDiarmid
December 21, 2025

Ethics, Evolution

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Tune in to hear what Nancy Pearcey offers as an antidote to the war on virtuous masculinity. Read More ›

Hanukkah with menorah jewish holiday traditional candelabra with candles Menorah

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
December 15, 2025

Categories
Ethics
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, algorithm, Australia, biological complexity, Board of Trustees, Bondi Beach, Bruce Chapman, Center for Science and Culture, Christian Nationalism, Christians, colleagues, conservatives, cosmos, Discovery Institute, faith, insinuation, Jews, John West, leadership, social media, Stephen Meyer, think tank, Tucker Carlson}

At a Wrenching Time, My Gratitude for Discovery’s Leadership

_{David Klinghoffer
December 15, 2025

Ethics, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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It was last month that another think tank — with a lot of great people there — split down the middle over the organization’s partnership with Tucker Carlson. Read More ›