Category: Bioethics | Page 6 | Science and Culture Today

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
August 18, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Technology
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, academics, animals, Anthony Fauci, biologists, COVID-19, curriculum, disease, doctors, ecosystems, health, human existence, humans, intelligentsia, nurses, people, pharmacists, policy, public health, technocrats, The Lancet, well-being, Wesley J. Smith}

Redefining Health to Impose International Technocracy

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August 18, 2025

Bioethics, Medicine, Technology

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The public-health intelligentsia and bioethics movement are determined to become the primary policy decision makers internationally. Read More ›

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Wesley J. Smith

Date
August 16, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Faith & Science
Medicine
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, Andrew Coyne, Canada, children, culture, death, doctors, euthanasia, faith, garden, life, Ontario, patients, suicide, suicide prevention, The Atlantic}

The Horrors of Canadian Euthanasia

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August 16, 2025

Bioethics, Faith & Science, Medicine

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As journalist Andrew Coyne said, “A society that believes in nothing can offer no argument even against death.” Read More ›

A Glimpse into a Scientist's Mind Through Chalk Drawings

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Date
August 15, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Metascience
Scientific Trustworthiness
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, ambition, American Council for Science and Health, COVID-19, CRISPR, data integrity, dishonesty, honesty, London School of Economics, peer review, perverse incentives, prestige, recognition, replication, science, scientific integrity, scientists, trust, truth, wealth}

Why Scientists Lie

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August 15, 2025

Bioethics, Metascience, Scientific Trustworthiness

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One thing that will really help the discussion, going forward, is to quit blaming the public for not trusting science. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
August 14, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, atoms, cancer, chemicals, Darwinism, devolution, eugenics, evil, function, Guillermo Gonzalez, history, human dignity, human life, ID the Future, information, intelligent design, Jonathan Witt, life, materialism, podcast, problem of evil, Return of the God Hypothesis, Social Darwinism, struggle for existence, suffering, The Farm at the Center of the Universe, Tova Forman}

Intelligent Design and the Problem of Evil

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August 14, 2025

Bioethics, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The presence of evil and suffering calls for justification. But which scientific view of life is better placed to help us address these issues? Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
August 13, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Environment & Climate
Evolution
Tagged
, biodiversity, bioethicists, bioethics, climate change, flooding, health, health care, hospitals, hubris, human exceptionalism, humans, medical ethics, war, wildfires}

Only Bioethicists Can Save the Planet!

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August 13, 2025

Bioethics, Environment & Climate, Evolution

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Apparently, anyone with any claim to victimization or marginalization can be a bioethicist now. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
August 11, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, Alzheimer’s disease, Arthur Caplan, bioethics, chemotherapy, competency, dehydration, dementia, food, liquids, medical treatment, medicine, nurse, nursing, nutrients, patients, starvation, surgery, Terri Schiavo}

Should Caregivers Be Forced to Starve Dementia Patients?

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August 11, 2025

Bioethics, Medicine

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If you did such a thing to a dog, you would go to jail. When will we say, “Enough. This is too much to ask”? Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
August 7, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Human Exceptionalism
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, climate change, ecosystems, human beings, International Court of Justice, legal standing, nature rights, radical environmentalism, United Nations, World Economic Forum}

International Tribunals Grant Nature Rights, Restrict Energy

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August 7, 2025

Bioethics, Evolution, Human Exceptionalism

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The vaunted "international community" is going all-in on radical environmentalism. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
August 5, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Biology
Medicine
Tagged
, bioethicists, brain, brain death, cardiac arrest, circulation, comatose, consciousness, equality, health care, heart, human life, intention, medicine, memory, New York Times, organ donors, organ-harvesting, organs, patients, trust}

Killing for Organs — Who Could Possibly Object?

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August 5, 2025

Bioethics, Biology, Medicine

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Three doctors promote the idea of “redefining death” to allow patients to be killed for their organs. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
August 4, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, bioethics, choking, death, Department of Health and Human Services, doctors, kidney, New York Times, organ-harvesting, overdose, patients}

Organ-Procurement Goofs Threaten Trust

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August 4, 2025

Bioethics, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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The “dead donor rule” is the cement that binds the public’s trust in organ transplant medicine. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
July 25, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Reproductive Science
Tagged
, abortion, assisted suicide, Australia, bioethics, British Columbia, Canada, doctors, euthanasia, Ezekiel Emanuel, health care, Hippocratic Oath, hospice, hospitals, human life, Julian Savulescu, medical conscience, medical school, medicine, nurses, nursing homes, Ontario, patients, transgenderism}

Attacks on Medical Conscience Will Force Doctors to Take Human Life

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July 25, 2025

Bioethics, Medicine, Reproductive Science

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Destroying conscience will inhibit talented people with particular moral or religious beliefs from entering medical and nursing schools. Read More ›