Category: Ethics | Page 82 | Science and Culture Today

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Wesley J. Smith

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April 5, 2019

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Bioethics
Environment & Climate
Human Exceptionalism
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“Ecocide” Would Criminalize Resource Development

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April 5, 2019

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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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Wesley J. Smith

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April 2, 2019

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Bioethics
Medicine
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So Now Will Nurses Only Prevent Some Suicides?

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April 2, 2019

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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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Wesley J. Smith

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March 23, 2019

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Bioethics
Medicine
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David Brooks Forgets to Oppose Some Suicides

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March 23, 2019

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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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David Klinghoffer

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March 22, 2019

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Ethics
Neuroscience & Mind
Technology
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Lennox, Marks: Uploading the Mind Would Mean Eternal Death

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March 22, 2019

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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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Sarah Chaffee

Date
March 21, 2019

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Bioethics
Evolution
Human Exceptionalism
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On World Down Syndrome Day, Consider Human Exceptionalism

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March 21, 2019

Bioethics, Evolution, Human Exceptionalism

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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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Wesley J. Smith

Date
March 20, 2019

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Bioethics
Medicine
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Past Years of Hype Notwithstanding, Adult Stem Cells Are Now the “Gold Standard”

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March 20, 2019

Bioethics, Medicine

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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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Wesley J. Smith

Date
March 17, 2019

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Bioethics
Medicine
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Germ-Line Gene Editing Will Never Be Safe

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March 17, 2019

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The brains of two babies who were germ-line gene edited using the CRISPR process — meaning the engineered genetic changes will flow down the generations. Read More ›

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Wesley J. Smith

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March 16, 2019

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Bioethics
Medicine
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At the Euthanasia Party

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March 16, 2019

Bioethics, Medicine

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Is this kind of thing right or wrong? Some may see it as empowering, dying “his own way,” as the media continually put it. Read More ›

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Wesley J. Smith

Date
March 11, 2019

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Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
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Transhumanism, the Lazy Way to Human “Improvement”

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March 11, 2019

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism

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

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Wesley J. Smith

Date
March 6, 2019

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Bioethics
Medicine
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Bioethicists Urge a Grotesque Abuse of Animals

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March 6, 2019

Bioethics, Medicine

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Once again, we find that if radicals envision it, eventually we will try to go there. Read More ›