Category: Bioethics | Page 65 | Science and Culture Today

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Wesley J. Smith

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March 20, 2020

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Bioethics
Medicine
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No to “Quality of Life” Coronavirus Healthcare Rationing

_{Wesley J. Smith
March 20, 2020

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In a world of bioethicists who primarily eschew the sanctity/equality of life ethic, Fordham University’s Charles Camosy is a refreshing ethicist worthy of the title. Read More ›

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John G. West

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March 20, 2020

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Bioethics
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Living Amid a Pandemic: Wisdom from C.S. Lewis

_{John G. West
March 20, 2020

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Remember the admonition of C.S. Lewis: “If men had postponed the search for knowledge and beauty until they were secure, the search would never have begun.” Read More ›

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Michael Egnor

Date
March 19, 2020

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Bioethics
Medicine
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Science Expert Slaps the “Anti-Intellectuals,” Again

_{Michael Egnor
March 19, 2020

Bioethics, Medicine

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I stopped by Joe the truck driver’s house to talk. Joe read Yale neurologist Steven Novella’s essay, and he didn’t think much of it. Read More ›

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Wesley J. Smith

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March 12, 2020

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Bioethics
Medicine
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China Credibly Accused of Organ-Harvesting Atrocity

_{Wesley J. Smith
March 12, 2020

Bioethics, Medicine

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A report presents shocking evidence of horrific human-rights abuses, including from witness testimony, analyses of public records, and reviewing of scholarly reports. Read More ›

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Wesley J. Smith

Date
March 7, 2020

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Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Medicine
Philosophy
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Rats Are People, Too!

_{Wesley J. Smith
March 7, 2020

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism, Medicine, Philosophy

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A philosopher and a bioethicist want a “Jane Goodall” to come forward as “an ambassador for rats.” Read More ›

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Wesley J. Smith

Date
February 29, 2020

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Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
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Judge Wishes She Could Rule Elephant a “Person”

_{Wesley J. Smith
February 29, 2020

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism

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This kind of thinking drives me nuts. First, we don’t treat animals as mere things or as being akin to inanimate objects. Read More ›

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David Klinghoffer

Date
February 19, 2020

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Bioethics
Ethics
Genetics
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But Why Not Go For It with Human Eugenics?

_{David Klinghoffer
February 19, 2020

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“It’s my opinion” is not a strong ground on which to take a moral stand. Read More ›

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David Klinghoffer

Date
February 16, 2020

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Bioethics
Biology
Ethics
Linguistics
Mathematics
Philosophy
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Michael Aeschliman in National Review — Berlinski Detonates “Fatuous, Flattering” Optimism

_{David Klinghoffer
February 16, 2020

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From climate change to the coronavirus, one tendency among writers and commentators is to an urgent, insatiable, almost sexual desire to cast unwarranted terror over other people. Read More ›

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Wesley J. Smith

Date
February 14, 2020

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Bioethics
Medicine
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For Bioethicists, This Is “Neglectful” Parenting

_{Wesley J. Smith
February 14, 2020

Bioethics, Medicine

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Consider: Children — no matter how “mature” — cannot buy cigarettes or give consent to being tattooed. Read More ›

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Wesley J. Smith

Date
February 9, 2020

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Bioethics
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Fewer “Deaths of Despair” Increase U.S. Life Expectancy

_{Wesley J. Smith
February 9, 2020

Bioethics

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Unstated, but perhaps a contributing factor, was the increasing prosperity we have enjoyed in country in recent years. Read More ›