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Wesley J. Smith

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November 29, 2020

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Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
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, animal rights, animal standing, animal welfare, animals, Argentina, Bronx Zoo, cattle, chimpanzees, Florida, judges, New York State, Nonhuman Rights Project, personhood, writ of habeas corpus}

Pushing Elephant “Personhood”

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November 29, 2020

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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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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
May 30, 2020

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Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
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, animal rights, animal welfare, animals, artificial intelligence, Center on Human Exceptionalism, China, COVID-19, Darwin Day in America, David Klinghoffer, Discovery Institute, evolution, Evolution News, Falun Gong, Human Zoos, Humanize, humans, John West, Leonardo da Vinci, Michael Egnor, quality of life, The Biology of the Second Reich, transhumanism, Walter Bradley Center, Wesley Smith}

Why “Humanize”? A New Effort to Defend the Unique Dignity of Human Beings

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May 30, 2020

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One of the tragic trends in thinking about evolution has been to blur the distinction between humans and animals. History warns us not to regard this lightly. Read More ›

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Wesley J. Smith

Date
February 29, 2020

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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, judge, Nonhuman Rights Project, sentience}

Judge Wishes She Could Rule Elephant a “Person”

_{Wesley J. Smith
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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Wesley J. Smith

Date
December 9, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
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, __edited, animal rights, animal welfare, animals, cats, Dogs, environmental movement, feces, meat, New Scientist, pets}

Give Up Pets to Save the Planet!

_{Wesley J. Smith
December 9, 2019

Bioethics

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Cats are, we are told sternly, an unsustainable “environmental vice that we must confront”! Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
November 20, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Tagged
, __edited, animal husbandry, animal personhood, animal standing, animal welfare, Argentina, chimpanzees, elephant, Florida, Germany, New York State, Nonhuman Rights Project, orangutan, PETA, slaves}

In Germany, Constitutional Rights for…Pigs

_{Wesley J. Smith
November 20, 2019

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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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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, ideology, liberty, New York City, Nonhuman Rights Project, personhood, PETA, The Guardian, writ of habeas corpus}

Lawsuit to Declare Elephant a “Person”

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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
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, 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

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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
Wesley J. Smith

Date
May 6, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Tagged
, __k-review, animal rights, animal welfare, animals, Dogs, Holocaust, horses, humans, medical research, PETA, pets, rabbits, speciesism, The Conversation}

It’s Unjust Patriarchy to Own a Pet!

_{Wesley J. Smith
May 6, 2019

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Corey Lee Wrenn argues that what is done to an animal should be judged in the same fashion as if the same thing were done to a human. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
January 11, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Tagged
, __k-review, animal rights, animal welfare, Antarctica, cetaceans, Japan, Russia, South Korea, whales}

Japanese Whaling and Human Exceptionalism

_{Wesley J. Smith
January 11, 2019

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Japan has quit the International Whaling Commission so that it can resume commercial slaughter of leviathans. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
January 9, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Tagged
, __k-review, abortion, animal rights, animal welfare, Belgium, circumcision, Denmark, European Union, euthanasia, faith, Germany, Iceland, Jews, Middle Ages, Muslims, Netherlands, New York Times, Norway, secularism, slaughter, Sweden}

In Europe, Animal Rights Are Steamrolling Religious Freedom

_{Wesley J. Smith
January 9, 2019

Bioethics

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As Western society secularizes, religious liberty is in danger of becoming passé. Read More ›