Tag: anthropocentrism

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
April 21, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Faith & Science
Human Exceptionalism
Tagged
, animals, anthropocentrism, disabilities, embryo, environment, Evolution News, human development, human exceptionalism, humankind, humans, nature, nature rights, Pope Francis, Roman Catholic, sanctity of life}

Pope Francis Embraced Human Exceptionalism

_{Wesley J. Smith
April 21, 2025

Bioethics, Faith & Science, Human Exceptionalism

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The idea of unique human value and concomitant duties are the core of human exceptionalism. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Denton

Date
May 24, 2022

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Intelligent Design
Technology
Tagged
, ancient Greeks, anthropocentrism, apes, arms, bonobos, dolphins, fire, Galen, hands, Homo floresiensis, intelligent design, J.B.S. Haldane, Judeo-Christian tradition, kinetic energy, knuckle-walkers, orangutan, parrots, ravens, Richard Owen, seals, secular culture, Stephen Jay Gould, Steven Vogel, stone tools, The Miracle of Man, Thomas Huxley}

Man, with His Special Place in Nature, Was Designed to Use Fire

_{Michael Denton
May 24, 2022

Human Origins and Anthropology, Intelligent Design, Technology

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Only a special type of being very close to our own biological design could have taken the first and vital step to technological enlightenment, fire-making. Read More ›

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post

Date
May 19, 2022

Categories
Biology
Chemistry
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Technology
Tagged
, anthropocentrism, Charles Darwin, cosmos, Eric Anderson, evolution, fire, ID the Future, intelligent design, Michael Denton, Middle Ages, natural selection, physiology, podcast, Return of the God Hypothesis, Stephen Meyer, The Miracle of Man}

Denton: Return of the Man Hypothesis

_{Science and Culture
May 19, 2022

Biology, Chemistry, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Technology

2}

Scientific discoveries have revitalized the outlook that placed man at the center of the cosmos, not in a physical but in a metaphysical sense. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
March 7, 2020

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Medicine
Philosophy
Tagged
, __edited, animals, anthropocentrism, bioethicists, humans, Jane Goodall, medical experiments, mice, misanthropy, monkeys, Nuremberg Code, rats, reduction}

Rats Are People, Too!

_{Wesley J. Smith
March 7, 2020

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism, Medicine, Philosophy

5}

A philosopher and a bioethicist want a “Jane Goodall” to come forward as “an ambassador for rats.” Read More ›

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Author
Michael Flannery

Date
May 7, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, anthropocentrism, Associated Press, C.S. Lewis, Charles Darwin, history, Roman Catholic, St. Paul, Western civilization}

Farewell to John Lukacs: A Great Historian, and an Unequivocal Darwin Doubter

_{Michael Flannery
May 7, 2019

Evolution

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Unlike many of his academic colleagues, Lukacs did not stand in awe and wonder of Charles Darwin. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Flannery

Date
July 25, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, anagenesis, anthropocentrism, creationism, Darwinism, Ernst Mayr, Günter Wagner, Julian Huxley, natural theology, neo-Darwinian synthesis, Peter Bowler, positivism, Theodosius Dobzhansky, Thomas Henry Huxley, Werner Heisenberg}

The Neo-Darwinian Synthesis: A Fable Told by Ernst Mayr

_{Michael Flannery
July 25, 2018

Evolution

5}

Mayr worked tirelessly to establish a synthesis bearing the unmistakable stamp of positivism. Read More ›

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post

Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
December 5, 2017

Categories
Bioethics
Ethics
Human Exceptionalism
Philosophy
Tagged
, __k-review, anthropocentrism, Big Think, Bill Nye, death, evolution, Francis Collins, human dignity, intelligent design, National Review Online, science, University College London, Wesley Smith}

A New Low for Evolutionary Ethics

_{David Klinghoffer
December 5, 2017

Bioethics, Ethics, Human Exceptionalism, Philosophy

5}

Understand that Big Think is not an obscure web journal by and for a lunatic fringe. Read More ›