veterinarian-in-protective-clothing-tending-to-a-pig-on-a-fa-1822913635-stockpack-adobestock Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date January 7, 2026 CategoriesBioethicsMedicine Tagged , AIDS, animal experiments, animal research, animals, bodily systems, brain, Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy, dialysis, Edward Taub, federal funding, human organs, human research, Jesse Gelsinger, kidney, Make America Healthy Again, medicine, monkeys, organ transplant, pigs, plasticity, primates, Research, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., surgery, Towana Looney, World War II For MAHA’s Sake, Don’t Eliminate Animal Experimentation Wesley J. Smith January 7, 2026 Bioethics, Medicine 5 Years ago, Dr. Edward Taub hypothesized that brain function could exhibit greater plasticity than it was believed at the time. Read More ›
monkey-in-the-sunlight-stockpack-adobe-stock Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date March 13, 2025 CategoriesBioethicsScience Reporting Tagged , animal experiments, animals, chimpanzees, Edward Taub, elephants, First Amendment, illnesses, Ingrid Newkirk, journalists, National Institutes of Health, Nonhuman Rights Project, persons, PETA, Silver Spring Monkey Case, writ of habeas corpus PETA Sues NIH for Violating Its “First Amendment Right” to Talk to Monkeys Wesley J. Smith March 13, 2025 Bioethics, Science Reporting 4 There is not one modern medical treatment or intervention that does not involve animal research at some point in the process. Read More ›
man-sharing-sandwich-with-curious-squirrel-in-tranquil-park-1032285006-stockpack-adobestock Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date January 10, 2017 CategoriesEthicsHuman Exceptionalism Tagged , __nedited, animal experiments, animal rights, human responsibilities, humanism, metaethics, New York Times, pluralism Now It’s “Posthumanist Ethical Pluralism” Wesley J. Smith January 10, 2017 Ethics, Human Exceptionalism 5 If human life doesn't have the highest ultimate objective value, there is no way to philosophically defend universal human rights. Read More ›
Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date September 6, 2016 CategoriesBioethicsHuman Exceptionalism Tagged , __tedited, animal experiments, animal intelligence, animal rights, Edward Taub, human experimentation, human intelligence, human rights, medical ethics, medical experiments, medical research, moral value, PETA, Peter Singer, Silver Spring Monkey Case, value The Human Cost of Animal Rights Fanaticism Wesley J. Smith September 6, 2016 Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism 6 Animal rights activists associated with PETA set up Dr. Edward Taub as an animal abuser. Read More ›
