Category: Human Exceptionalism | Page 12 | Science and Culture Today

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
February 29, 2020

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
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, __edited, animal personhood, animal rights, animal welfare, Bronx Zoo, chimpanzees, Court of Appeals, elephant, Eugene M. Fahey, habeas corpus, Happy, judge, Nonhuman Rights Project, sentience}

Judge Wishes She Could Rule Elephant a “Person”

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February 29, 2020

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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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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
November 2, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
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, __edited, animal rights, animal standing, animal welfare, Auschwitz, Bronx Zoo, elephant, extremists, Happy, ideology, liberty, New York City, Nonhuman Rights Project, personhood, PETA, Thailand, The Guardian, writ of habeas corpus}

Lawsuit to Declare Elephant a “Person”

_{Wesley J. Smith
November 2, 2019

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“Animal standing” is really a Trojan horse to allow animal rights extremists to seek court rulings enforcing their own ideology. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 24, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Tagged
, __edited, artificial intelligence, Bellevue, Center for Science and Culture, chess, currency, Denyse O'Leary, Discovery Institute, Facebook, George Gilder, intelligent design, Microsoft, money, Silicon Valley, Steve Forbes, trust, Walter Bradley Center, William A. Dembski}

COSM Conference: A Bonfire for Tech Vanities

_{David Klinghoffer
October 24, 2019

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism

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Peter Thiel assailed the “Atheist Church,” as he calls the universities, calling for outsiders to push for a reformation that the academic priesthood will never undertake on its own. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 3, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Tagged
, __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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Date
August 18, 2019

Categories
Anatomy
Biology
Evolution
Human Exceptionalism
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, __edited, Ann Gauger, behavior, chimpanzees, culture, Darwinian mechanisms, Human Evolution (journal), humans, ID the Future, mutations, physiology, podcast, Sarah Chaffee, Wesley Smith}

More on How Chimps and Humans Differ: Anatomy and Behavior

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August 18, 2019

Anatomy, Biology, Evolution, Human Exceptionalism, Human Origins and Anthropology

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It seems obvious: humans and chimps differ markedly. But as Wesley Smith noted yesterday, it is not so obvious to the editors of Human Evolution. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
August 17, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Human Exceptionalism
Tagged
, __edited, animal rights, animal welfare, bonobos, chimpanzees, currency, Eugene M. Fahey, genocide, habeas corpus, Heritage, Holocaust, hominins, Human Evolution (journal), human rights, inflation, Jane Goodall, National Institutes of Health, New York Court of Appeals, Nonhuman Rights Project, personhood}

Chimpanzee Liberation? Why Animal Rights and Human Rights Cannot Coexist

_{Wesley J. Smith
August 17, 2019

Bioethics, Evolution, Human Exceptionalism

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A “manifesto” in the science journal Human Evolution declares that chimpanzees and bonobos should be considered legal “persons” with legally enforceable “rights.” Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
July 9, 2019

Categories
Biochemistry
Human Exceptionalism
Neuroscience & Mind
Psychology
Tagged
, __edited, atheism, Brights, cosmos, David Klinghoffer, eugenics, Ezekiel, Gaia, hate, human body, human life, human mind, Isaiah, John Milton, mankind, misanthropy, New Atheists, Paradise Lost, pride, Richard Dawkins, Sigmund Freud}

Milton and the Psychology of Materialism

_{Michael Egnor
July 9, 2019

Biochemistry, Human Exceptionalism, Neuroscience & Mind, Psychology

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It is basically the denial of human exceptionalism. That is, it is hatred of man, in practically every way imaginable. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 8, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, __edited, abstract thought, brain, cloning, DNA, embryos, gestation, human cloning, intellect, mammals, matter, Michael Egnor, mind, Mind Matters, neuroscience, proteins, scientific evidence, somatic cell nuclear transfer, testability, Wesley J. Smith, will}

Egnor: How to Test Materialist Theories of Mind

_{David Klinghoffer
July 8, 2019

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism, Neuroscience & Mind

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A premise here is that abstract thought is a unique human endowment, so our colleague Wesley Smith will also find this of interest as a scientific test of human exceptionalism. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 2, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Tagged
, __edited, abortion, Big Bang, Center for Science and Culture, Charles Darwin, culture, Darwinists, euthanasia, Frank Tipler, government funding, history, human life, infanticide, materialism, Richard Weikart, Singularity, The Death of Humanity}

An “Impersonal Universe” and Its Consequences

_{David Klinghoffer
July 2, 2019

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism

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Physicist Frank Tipler, as I noted earlier today, provocatively personalizes the Singularity, the beginning point or moment from which the universe burst forth. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
May 25, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Tagged
, __k-review, "survival of the fittest", human dignity, intelligent design, lawyer, Memorial Day, Michael Denton, privilege, Privileged Species, responsibility, Washington State}

This Memorial Day Weekend, Consider Putting Design and Human Dignity into Action

_{Sarah Chaffee
May 25, 2019

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism

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The universe was woven with us in mind. This is not a statement of species chauvinism. It’s a call to action. Read More ›