Category: Bioethics | Page 69 | Science and Culture Today

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
October 6, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
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, __edited, Alzheimer’s disease, assisted suicide, barbiturates, Bill Clinton, Congress, Department of Health and Human Services, euthanasia, hospice, hospitals, hydration, medical school, medicine, nutrition, Oregon, palliative care, self-starvation, Supreme Court, VSED}

A Trojan Horse for Euthanasia? No

_{Wesley J. Smith
October 6, 2019

Bioethics, Medicine

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When my mother was dying of Alzheimer’s disease and the sharp bodily decline that hits those in their late 90s, my wife and I brought her home for care. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 3, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
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, __edited, Adolf Hitler, Berlin, evolutionary ethics, genocide, Germans, Germany, Holocaust, lawgiver, Michael Egnor, Moral Law, morality, rape}

A Follow-Up Question on Evolutionary Ethics

_{David Klinghoffer
October 3, 2019

Bioethics, Evolution

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Per the reader’s request, I asked Michael Egnor to “defend the reality of objectively real morals.” Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 3, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
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, __edited, adulthood, anti-humanism, Archbishop of Canterbury, C.S. Lewis, George Gilder, James Le Fanu, Michael Aeschliman, responsibility, The Restoration of Man}

Species Dysphoria: Former Archbishop of Canterbury on Aeschliman’s Restoration of Man

_{David Klinghoffer
October 3, 2019

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism

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An observation by Rowan Williams, that many of us “don’t want to be human,” is a profound insight. Read More ›

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Wesley J. Smith

Date
October 2, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Tagged
, __edited, Amazon, Brazil, capitalism, China, Communists, Donald Trump, ecocide, ethnic cleansing, evolution, fish, free market, genocide, grass, human rights, insects, mice, nature rights, New York Times, people, radical environmentalists, snakes, The Hague}

With Amazon Fires as a Pretext, “Ecocide” Advocacy Goes Mainstream

_{Wesley J. Smith
October 2, 2019

Bioethics

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Radical environmentalists intend to thwart human thriving in order to “save the planet.” Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
September 24, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Tagged
, __edited, crime, Darwinism, Guillermo Gonzalez, Harvard University, intelligent design, Jeffrey Epstein, Jonathan Wells, Michael Behe, MIT, Richard Sternberg, Santa Fe Institute, scientists, Sherlock Holmes, transhumanism, William A. Dembski}

Jeffrey Epstein and the Silence of the Scientists

_{Michael Egnor
September 24, 2019

Bioethics

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It is, I believe, a revelation about our scientific culture and particularly about the trust we should place in a “science consensus” that should shake us to our bones. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
September 23, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __edited, abortion, California, Court of Appeals, discrimination, euthanasia, health, hospitals, hysterectomy, life, medicine, nursing homes, pathology, patients, Roman Catholic, suicide, transgenderism, treatment}

Bioethics Versus Catholic Healthcare: California Court Ruling Proves My Point

_{Wesley J. Smith
September 23, 2019

Bioethics, Medicine

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A Catholic hospital chain known as Dignity Health refused to perform a hysterectomy on a transgendered male, as against Catholic moral teaching. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
September 22, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __edited, abortion, ACLU, doctors, effective referral, euthanasia, healthcare, infanticide, Journal of Medical Ethics, medicine, nurses, patients, pharmacists, quality of life, Roman Catholic, sanctity of life, suicide, utilitarianism}

Bioethics Intends to Destroy Catholic Healthcare

_{Wesley J. Smith
September 22, 2019

Bioethics, Medicine

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Meanwhile, to the applause of many bioethicists, the ACLU has mounted repeated lawsuits against Catholic hospitals. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 17, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
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, __edited, ADHD, biological origins, cocaine, culture, Darwin's Dangerous Idea, evolution, faith, families, John West, medicine, morality, schools, World Magazine}

How Is Darwin’s Idea Dangerous? John West Counts the Ways

_{David Klinghoffer
September 17, 2019

Bioethics, Medicine

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Dr. West details the landscape of the cultural, moral, legal, even medical “landmarks” that have been worn away under the influence of evolutionary thinking. Read More ›

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Author
James Le Fanu

Date
September 9, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Biology
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, __edited, Big Bang, Boeing 747, C.S. Lewis, cells, chemical elements, double helix, earth, electromagnetism, fly, Fred Hoyle, geneticists, gravity, Harvard University, humanities, John Polkinghorne, man, Mary Midgley, mouse, neuroscientists, Nobel Prize, plate tectonics, Sapientia, science, Scientia, scientism, solar system, speed of light, strong and weak nuclear forces, tornado, universe, University of Birmingham, William Provine, World War II}

Between Sapientia and Scientia — Michael Aeschliman’s Profound Interpretation

_{James Le Fanu
September 9, 2019

Bioethics, Biology

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Science, the dominant way of knowing of our age, now finds itself caught between a rock and (very) hard place. Read More ›

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Author
Robert F. Shedinger

Date
August 19, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Psychology
Tagged
, __edited, Big Bang, brain, Darwinian evolution, Darwinism, Finding Darwin's God, Francis Collins, Human Zoos, Kenneth Miller, mental illness, metaphysical naturalism, methodological naturalism, National Institutes of Health, North American Teilhard Society, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, psychiatry, Theodosius Dobzhansky}

What’s at Stake in the Debate over Darwinism?

_{Robert Shedinger
August 19, 2019

Bioethics, Evolution, Psychology

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We know that Darwinian evolution has a long and sordid history of entanglement with issues of race, racism, and eugenics. Read More ›