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Author
Michael D. Aeschliman

Date
January 7, 2021

Categories
Bioethics
Ethics
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, Aldous Huxley, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Brave New World, Christianity, Darwinism, G.K. Chesterton, George Bernard Shaw, George Orwell, H.G. Wells, imperialism, militarism, moral responsibility, Social Darwinism, Soviet Union, T.S. Eliot, Westminster Abbey, William F. Buckley Jr., William Shakespeare}

Darwinism as the Root Problem of Modernity

_{Michael D. Aeschliman
January 7, 2021

Bioethics, Ethics

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Shaw and Chesterton believed that the acceptance of Darwinism made it impossible to resist social Darwinism, plutocracy, imperialism, racialism, and militarism. Read More ›

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Author
Michael D. Aeschliman

Date
August 16, 2020

Categories
Bioethics
Tagged
, Abraham Lincoln, Aldous Huxley, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Alfred North Whitehead, Bertrand Russell, Brave New World, Clarence Darrow, Dante, Darwinian theory, David Hume, Frederick Douglass, Friedrich Nietzsche, From Darwin to Hitler, Fyodor Dostoevsky, G.K. Chesterton, J.B.S. Haldane, Jacques Maritain, John Dewey, Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., Malcolm Muggeridge, Marxists, Michael Polanyi, Pierre Duhem, Social Darwinism, T.S. Eliot, That Hideous Strength, William Jennings Bryan, William Shakespeare, Yuval Harari}

That Hideous Strength — C. S. Lewis’s Fantasia of Consciousness at 75

_{Michael D. Aeschliman
August 16, 2020

Bioethics

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The novel is a narrative, fictional version of a philosophical anatomy of the satanic dimension and implication of much modern history from 1914 onwards. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
July 23, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Environment & Climate
Tagged
, __edited, Africa, Aldous Huxley, bioethicists, biotechnology, Brave New World, China, Congress, Food and Drug Administration, genetic engineering, germ line, human experimentation, Journal of the American Medical Association, media, medicine, scientists, social media, Stanford University, William Hurlbut}

Slouching Toward a “Brave New World”

_{Wesley J. Smith
July 23, 2019

Bioethics, Environment & Climate

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Genetic engineering could unleash a deadly pandemic or lead to a “new eugenics” with very sharp teeth. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
June 27, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __edited, Brave New World, CRISPR, genetic engineering, government funding, human embryos, marijuana, National Academy of Sciences, Nature (journal), petri dish, Royal Society, scientists}

A Push for Licenses to Genetically Engineer Human Beings

_{Wesley J. Smith
June 27, 2019

Bioethics, Medicine

4}

We can’t trust “the scientists” to do the right thing because over the years too many have proven unworthy. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
May 30, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Technology
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, __cedited, Aldous Huxley, babies, biotech, Brave New World, China, dehumanization, Dubai, embryos, eugenics, FDA, gametes, genetic engineering, germline, gestational carriers, He Jiankui, IVF, Politicians, procreation, regulation, Stanford University, William Hurlbut}

Don’t Let Profiteers Control Human Genetic Engineering

_{Wesley J. Smith
May 30, 2019

Bioethics, Medicine, Technology

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Aldous Huxley wrote Brave New World as a dire warning. But we aren’t paying heed. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
November 29, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Technology
Tagged
, __k-review, Brave New World, China, Falun Gong, gene editing, genetic engineering, Harvard Medical School, He Jiankui, Hong Kong, Nobel Prize, Rod Dreher, Science (journal), scientists}

China Turns Against “Rogue” Gene Engineer

_{Wesley J. Smith
November 29, 2018

Bioethics, Medicine, Technology

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Engaging in biotechnological and other medical research in China can free one from normal ethical concerns. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
May 9, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Life Sciences
Technology
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, __k-review, BBC News, Brave New World, cloning, CRISPR, embryo, embryonic stem cells, genetic engineering, human cloning, Netherlands}

Mouse Artificial Embryos: Human Experiments Next?

_{Wesley J. Smith
May 9, 2018

Bioethics, Life Sciences, Technology

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After going through the appearance of hand-wringing, I wouldn’t expect much of a problem if scientists said they really wanted to proceed. Read More ›

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Date
November 16, 2017

Categories
Bioethics
Life Sciences
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, __k-review, Brave New World, CRISPR, gene editing, human beings, ID the Future, podcast, Sarah Chaffee, Wesley Smith}

What Does Gene-Editing with CRISPR Portend for Bioethics?

_{Science & Culture
November 16, 2017

Bioethics, Life Sciences

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Wesley Smith describes a range of consequences of viewing human beings as resources to be manipulated and exploited. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
July 27, 2017

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Science
Technology
Tagged
, __k-review, Brave New World, CRISPR, DNA, embryos, eugenics, genetic engineering, MIT Technology Review}

Human Genetic Engineering Begins

_{Wesley J. Smith
July 27, 2017

Bioethics, Medicine, Science, Technology

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It may start with curing disease. But it won’t stay there. Many are drooling to engage in eugenic genetic enhancements. Read More ›

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Author
Granville Sewell

Date
July 9, 2017

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Aldous Huxley, Batsell Barrett Baxter, Brave New World, C.S. Lewis, cancer, God, Melissa Wehmann Sewell, Michelangelo, nature, Newton, William Shakespeare}

The Biggest Theological Objection to Design

_{Granville Sewell
July 9, 2017

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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Why do bad things happen to good people? Read More ›