Tag: animal welfare

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
January 30, 2026

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Tagged
, American Kennel Club, animal abuse, animal agriculture, animal husbandry, animal neglect, animal products, animal rights, animal sexual assault, animal welfare, animals, companions, cruelty, dog breeding, fauna, fishing, fur, hunting, IP28, leather, legal equality, meat, Oregon, people, progressivism}

Goodbye, Burger: Oregon Law Would Ban Animal Agriculture, Plus Fishing and Hunting

_{Wesley J. Smith
January 30, 2026

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism

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In an era where many among us “feel” more than “think,” the potential for such radical proposals becoming law cannot be dismissed out of hand. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
October 22, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Tagged
, animal rights, animal standing, animal welfare, animals, chimpanzees, Colorado, companionship, elephants, entertainment, food, Happy (elephant), Nonhuman Rights Project, ownership, PETA, science, writ of habeas corpus, zoo}

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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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
August 6, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Life Sciences
Philosophy
Tagged
, Aeon, animal rights, animal welfare, anthropomorphizing, dignity, elitism, intelligence, New York Times, personhood, rights, Western civilization}

“Plant Philosophy” Sounds Like a Joke — It Isn’t

_{Wesley J. Smith
August 6, 2024

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism, Life Sciences, Philosophy

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The purpose is to destroy the philosophical basis of Western civilization. Think I’m overreacting? Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
October 22, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Tagged
, animal rights, animal welfare, animals, anti-human exceptionalism, breasts, confusion, elections, England, gender dysphoria, gender-affirming care, journals, monkeys, Oxford University Press, parrots, puberty blocking, rabbits, radicalism, voting}

Animal-Rights Philosopher, Published by Oxford University Press: “Let Animals Vote!”

_{Wesley J. Smith
October 22, 2023

Bioethics, Evolution

5}

If you want to see what is going so badly wrong in society, read the professional and intellectual journals. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
February 7, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Botany
Ethics
Human Exceptionalism
Life Sciences
Tagged
, abortion, animal rights, animal welfare, Belgium, birth, California, Canada, doctors, Finland, France, gender dysphoria, gender-affirming care, glaciers, Holocaust, human life, insects, Jews, Journal of Medical Ethics, mastectomies, Netherlands, Ontario, Oregon, organ donation, peas, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, rivers, Sweden, unborn children, United Kingdom}

The Fear of Suffering Is Driving Us Crazy

_{Wesley J. Smith
February 7, 2023

Bioethics, Botany, Ethics, Human Exceptionalism, Life Sciences

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Our suffering phobia has triggered a harmful societal neurosis that has both subverted human exceptionalism and undermined societal common sense. Read More ›

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Date
December 1, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Science
Tagged
, abstract thinking, academics, Adam and Eve, animal welfare, chimpanzees, Côte D’Ivoire, experts, human beings, humans, Jane Goodall, Politics}

Studying Chimps Is “Politics by Other Means”

_{Science & Culture
December 1, 2022

Evolution, Science

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A recent book in which chimpanzee experts reflect on their work tells us a good deal about the chimpanzee expert world. Read More ›

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Date
July 16, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Life Sciences
Tagged
, activists, animal rights, animal welfare, courts, elephants, environmentalism, Florida, glaciers, human thriving, humans, Lake Erie, lakes, lawsuit, nature rights, New York Court of Appeals, Ohio, Orange County, rivers}

Local “Water Rights” Law Invalidated in Florida

_{Science & Culture
July 16, 2022

Bioethics, Life Sciences

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“Nature rights” and “animal rights” activists will keep trying. And there is no denying they are making incremental inroads. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
June 21, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, animal rights, animal welfare, Blake Lemoine, Bronx Zoo, chatbot, courts, Google, Happy (elephant), human rights, humans, LaMDA, New York State, Non-Computable You, personhood, PETA, Robert J. Marks II, Wesley J. Smith, Wired, Yuval Noah Harari}

Engineer: Failing to See His AI Program as a Person Is “Bigotry”

_{Denyse O’Leary
June 21, 2022

Bioethics, Neuroscience & Mind

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Earlier this month, just in time for the release of Robert J. Marks’s book Non-Computable You, the story broke. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
May 27, 2021

Categories
Bioethics
Tagged
, animal rights, animal welfare, animals, bones, heart disease, meat, milk, PETA}

PETA Wrong Again: Milk Is Good for Your Heart

_{Wesley J. Smith
May 27, 2021

Bioethics

2}

I have no complaint against people who refrain from consuming animal products. Making choices based on one’s moral view is an aspect of human exceptionalism. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
February 8, 2021

Categories
Bioethics
Ethics
Human Exceptionalism
Tagged
, ammonia, animal rights, animal welfare, chickens, eggs, Facebook, Ingrid Newkirk, medical experiments, Nebraska, New York Times, pets}

Costco Chickens and Human Exceptionalism

_{Wesley J. Smith
February 8, 2021

Bioethics, Ethics, Human Exceptionalism

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The impact of too-onerous animal-welfare laws on the diets of people of limited means becomes clear. Read More ›