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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
May 16, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Faith & Science
Life Sciences
Metaphysics
Philosophy
Tagged
, abortion, act, actuality, adults, Albert Einstein, Aristotle, baby, genius, gestation, human being, Jerry Coyne, life, possibilities, potency, potentiality, rational thought, soul, Thomistic philosophy, zygote}

Must We Be Able to Reason to Be Thought of as Human Persons?

_{Michael Egnor
May 16, 2022

Bioethics, Faith & Science, Life Sciences, Metaphysics, Philosophy

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A common argument as to why abortion is generally ethical is that the unborn child cannot reason. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
June 17, 2021

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, adults, analgesic, anxiety, babies, emotions, infants, intellect, invertebrates, lab rats, mammals, Michael Egnor, nervous system, neuroscientists, octopuses, pain, San Francisco State University}

Octopuses Get Emotional About Pain, Research Shows

_{Denyse O’Leary
June 17, 2021

Neuroscience & Mind

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The smartest of invertebrates, the octopus, once again prompts us to rethink what we believe to be the origin of intelligence. Read More ›

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Date
November 16, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Medicine
Tagged
, adults, arteries, Australia, blood vessels, Eric Anderson, evolution, Evolution News, forearm, headlines, Howard Glicksman, human evolution, hype, ID the Future, median artery, microevolution}

Armed and Dangerous: Human Evolution in Action — Or Is It Fake News?

_{Science and Culture
November 16, 2020

Evolution, Medicine

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Researchers say a growing number of adults have a persistent, prominent median artery in their arms, an artery that’s important in the embryonic stage. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
November 10, 2020

Categories
Evolutionary Psychology
Human Exceptionalism
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, adults, Aeon, animals, caregivers, children, chimpanzees, Darwinian evolution, Denyse O'Leary, emotions, empathy, feelings, human beings, infants, intelligence, intelligent design, just-so stories, Mind Matters, rationality}

Empathy — The Foundation of Human Exceptionalism?

_{David Klinghoffer
November 10, 2020

Evolutionary Psychology, Human Exceptionalism, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

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If I gave you 15 seconds you could come up with a pat evolutionary just-so story to account for this, speculating on what reproductive advantage it serves. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
February 14, 2020

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __edited, adults, bioethicists, children, doctors, family, gender, gender affirmation, Journal of Medical Ethics, mastectomy, medical interventions, medicine, moral panic, parental consent, parental rights, parenting, puberty, tattooing}

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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Date
December 2, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __edited, adults, babies, human cloning, ID the Future, manufacturing, podcast, Research, scientists, Wesley Smith}

Wesley J. Smith: Human Cloning, Hidden Under Jargon

_{Science and Culture
December 2, 2018

Bioethics, Medicine

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Ethical constraints still depend only on scientists’ restraint — a “thin reed to stand on.” Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
March 6, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, adults, assisted suicide, children, euthanasia, Groningen protocol, hemlock, infants, killing, Netherlands, New York Times, parents, suffering, United States}

Child Euthanasia: U.S. Bioethicist Supports It

_{Wesley J. Smith
March 6, 2018

Bioethics, Medicine

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Battin’s radical proposals aren’t usually made by U.S. assisted-suicide proponents because they know that our society has not completely swallowed the hemlock (as has the Netherlands). Read More ›