Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date September 6, 2016 CategoriesBioethicsHuman Exceptionalism Tagged , __tedited, animal experiments, animal intelligence, animal rights, Edward Taub, human experimentation, human intelligence, human rights, medical ethics, medical experiments, medical research, moral value, PETA, Peter Singer, Silver Spring Monkey Case, value The Human Cost of Animal Rights Fanaticism Wesley J. Smith September 6, 2016 Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism 6 Animal rights activists associated with PETA set up Dr. Edward Taub as an animal abuser. Read More ›
Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date September 3, 2016 CategoriesBioethicsMedicine Tagged , __tedited, “consensus science”, authoritarianism, freedom of conscience, legislation, medical conscience Forced Reeducation for MDs Who Don’t Want to Kill Wesley J. Smith September 3, 2016 Bioethics, Medicine 2 Bioethicists would require doctors to perform community service for their thought crime and to attend reeducation classes. Read More ›
Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date September 2, 2016 CategoriesBioethicsMedicine Tagged , __tedited, “consensus science”, assisted suicide, coercion, conscience rights, conscientious objection, euthanasia, freedom of religion, Health & Wellness, Hippocratic Oath, medical conscience, organ harvesting, pro-life Bioethics “Consensus Statement” Would Force Doctors to Kill and Abort Wesley J. Smith September 2, 2016 Bioethics, Medicine 3 The question of medical conscience — as a subset of religious liberty — is going to be one of the most contentious issues facing us in the next decade. Read More ›
Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date September 1, 2016 CategoriesBioethics Tagged , __tedited, human exceptionalism, human intelligence, language, The Kingdom of Speech, Tom Wolfe, Western civilization Tom Wolfe: Human Exceptionalist Wesley J. Smith September 1, 2016 Bioethics 3 The ubiquitous attacks on human exceptionalism are one of the current age's worst decadent tendencies. Read More ›
Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date August 28, 2016 CategoriesBioethicsMedicine Tagged , __k-review, Health & Wellness, News Now Living Is a “Psychiatric Disorder” Wesley J. Smith August 28, 2016 Bioethics, Medicine 1 The broader problem, I think, is that too many of us believe that an overriding purpose of society is the prevention of suffering. Read More ›
Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date August 25, 2016 CategoriesBioethicsMedicine Tagged , __tedited, dehumanization, discrimination, human life, infanticide, meaninglessness, pro-life, quality of life When "Quality of Life" Means "Not Worthy of Life" Wesley J. Smith August 25, 2016 Bioethics, Medicine 2 There is a fight going on in the UK about whether to keep a seriously ill baby on life support or put her in palliative care to die. Read More ›
Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date August 24, 2016 CategoriesBioethicsLegal Science (jurisprudence) Tagged , __k-review, Nation, nature, News Judge Rules Chickens Are “Akin to Children” Wesley J. Smith August 24, 2016 Bioethics, Legal Science (jurisprudence) 1 Animal abuse is wrong because it causes gratuitous pain to the animals involved. That is enough in and of itself. Read More ›
Type post Author David Klinghoffer Date August 23, 2016 CategoriesBioethicsEvolutionFaith & ScienceIntelligent Design Tagged , __k-review, Undeniable (book) New Documentary from Terrence Malick Is Bound to Stir Complaints About a Nod to Intelligent Design David Klinghoffer August 23, 2016 Bioethics, Evolution, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design 1 This is something to look forward to along with a couple of other gifts from the culture scheduled for coming weeks. Read More ›
Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date August 22, 2016 CategoriesBioethics Tagged , __tedited, animal husbandry, animal rights, animal welfare, fish, human exceptionalism, moral obligation, popular media, recreation The War on Fishing Wesley J. Smith August 22, 2016 Bioethics 3 When the usual suspects advocate destroying a trillion dollar industry, it is one thing. But when an outdoors magazine sympathizes? Read More ›
Type post Author Michael Egnor Date August 21, 2016 CategoriesBioethicsNeuroscience & MindPhilosophy Tagged , __tedited, choice, culpability, determinism, free will, human behavior, Jerry Coyne, judgment, moral responsibility, purpose, solipsism Can a Determinist Change the World? Michael Egnor August 21, 2016 Bioethics, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy 3 G.K. Chesterton told an amusing story of a young man who wrote to him extolling the truth of solipsism. Read More ›
