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“Ecocide” Would Criminalize Resource Development

Note that “peaceful enjoyment by the inhabitants” is a very broad term that is not limited to human beings. Rather, it includes everything from grass, fish, and insects, to mice, snakes, and people. Read More ›
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So Now Will Nurses Only Prevent Some Suicides?

Here’s the problem. The leadership of organized medicine and mainstream bioethicists are increasingly joining the progressive ideological coalition. Read More ›
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David Brooks Forgets to Oppose Some Suicides

Like so many others in the contemporary cultural milieu, Brooks remains in the shallow water by failing to grapple with the ubiquitous promotion of suicide we see all around us. Read More ›
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Lennox, Marks: Uploading the Mind Would Mean Eternal Death

Dreams of god-like immortality achieved through uploading the mind have a serious drawback, one among others. A computer operates algorithmically, strictly so, whereas the mind does not. Read More ›
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On World Down Syndrome Day, Consider Human Exceptionalism

Evolutionary theory teaches the “survival of the fittest.” But caring for someone with Down Syndrome represents just the opposite way of thinking. Read More ›
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Past Years of Hype Notwithstanding, Adult Stem Cells Are Now the “Gold Standard”

Remember this the next time ideologically driven scientists, bioethicists, and their media water carriers seek to drive public opinion. Read More ›
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Transhumanism, the Lazy Way to Human “Improvement”

Peter Clarke claims that I was “clearly fearmongering,” but then admits, “this depiction is fairly accurate.” Okay, then. Read More ›

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