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Douglas Axe
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Günter Bechly
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Michael J. Behe
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David Berlinski
David Berlinski
Eric Cassell
David Coppedge
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William A. Dembski
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Michael Denton
Michael Egnor
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Michael Flannery
Ann Gauger
Howard Glicksman
Guillermo Gonzalez at Garden of the Gods, July 2022
Guillermo Gonzalez
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Bruce Gordon
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Eric Hedin
Cornelius Hunter
Cornelius G. Hunter
Stephen J. Iacoboni
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David Klinghoffer in 2021
David Klinghoffer
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Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
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Casey Luskin
Casey Luskin
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Andrew McDiarmid
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Jonathan McLatchie
Stephen C. Meyer
Brian Miller
Walter Myers III
Paul Nelson at Car Museum
Paul Nelson
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Denyse O’Leary
Emily Reeves
Emily Sandico
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Granville Sewell
Robert Shedinger
Geoffrey Simmons
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Wesley J. Smith
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Rob Stadler
Neil Thomas
Jonathan Wells
John G. West
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Daniel Witt
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Jonathan Witt

Topic

animal standing

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Wesley J. Smith
Date
January 26, 2025
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Bioethics
Neuroscience & Mind
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Elephant Personhood — Nixed Again

Wesley J. Smith
January 26, 2025
Bioethics, Neuroscience & Mind
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The activists had some reason for hope. Two judges in New York’s highest court swallowed the baloney in a 5–2 ruling. Read More ›
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Wesley J. Smith
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December 2, 2024
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Now It’s “Whale Rights”

Wesley J. Smith
December 2, 2024
Bioethics, Neuroscience & Mind
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As often is the case in nature rights activism, “indigenous wisdom” is invoked as somehow superior to modern conservation. Read More ›
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Wesley J. Smith
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October 22, 2024
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Bioethics
Evolution
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Will Colorado Permit Elephants to Sue?

Wesley J. Smith
October 22, 2024
Bioethics, Evolution
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Many law schools teach courses in animal rights, training lawyers for the day the courtroom door opens to animals. Read More ›
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Wesley J. Smith
Date
June 8, 2021
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Bioethics
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New York High Court to Rule Whether Elephants Are “Persons”

Wesley J. Smith
June 8, 2021
Bioethics
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Imagine: pet ownership made a formal legal guardianship complete with enforceable fiduciary duties — that is, if we can have pets at all. Read More ›
Charles Darwin
Photo: Charles Darwin, in a scene from The War on Humans (screenshot).
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December 5, 2020
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Bioethics
Ecology
Evolution
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Listen: Darwinism, Bioethics, and Human Rights

Science & Culture
December 5, 2020
Bioethics, Ecology, Evolution
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Wesley Smith explains why we need to take the threat of the anti-humanism movement seriously. Read More ›
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Wesley J. Smith
Date
November 29, 2020
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Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
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Pushing Elephant “Personhood”

Wesley J. Smith
November 29, 2020
Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism
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Think cattle herds suing ranchers or lab animals suing universities — not to improve care but to liberate from all human use. Read More ›
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Wesley J. Smith
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November 20, 2019
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Bioethics
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In Germany, Constitutional Rights for…Pigs

Wesley J. Smith
November 20, 2019
Bioethics
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The issue is known as “animal standing,” and activists want to let beasts sue in court to “break the species barrier.” Read More ›
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Wesley J. Smith
Date
November 2, 2019
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Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
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Lawsuit to Declare Elephant a “Person”

Wesley J. Smith
November 2, 2019
Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism
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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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Wesley J. Smith
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August 21, 2018
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Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
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When Horses Sue

Wesley J. Smith
August 21, 2018
Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism
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“Animal standing” would open the courts to lawsuits brought by animals. Read More ›

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