cattle 3 Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date May 24, 2018 CategoriesBioethicsHuman Exceptionalism Tagged , __k-review, Amazon River, anti-humanism, Ban Ki-moon, Colorado River, Congress, courts, Ganges River, human beings, nature, nature rights, slavery, The Guardian, The War on Humans Animal Ownership and Antebellum Slavery — An Odious Comparison Wesley J. Smith May 24, 2018 Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism 4 Favored by the animal-rights movement, the idea is misanthropic, and I would say, implicitly racist. Read More ›
Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date April 23, 2018 CategoriesBioethicsEnvironment & Climate Tagged , __k-review, 1984 (novel), Amazon River, biodiversity, Earth Law Center, ecosystem, electricity, fishing, Ganges River, nature rights, pollution, radicals, river rights, trial lawyers “River Rights” Would Impede Human Thriving Wesley J. Smith April 23, 2018 Bioethics, Environment & Climate 3 If the current trend continues, “river rights” will exert a tremendously destructive force. Read More ›
Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date April 10, 2018 CategoriesBioethicsGeologyHuman Exceptionalism Tagged , __k-review, Amazon River, animals, Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund, deforestation, Ganges River, indigenous people, mosquito, nature rights, Old Faithful, pond scum, rivers, slavery, trial lawyers, Yellowstone Court Grants Amazon River Legal “Rights” Wesley J. Smith April 10, 2018 Bioethics, Geology, Human Exceptionalism 4 The potential deleterious consequences to humankind from “nature rights” are beyond measuring — except to trial lawyers. Read More ›
Ganges-River Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date March 23, 2017 CategoriesBioethicsCultureLegal Science (jurisprudence) Tagged , __k-review, Ganges River, India, nature rights, New Zealand, The War on Humans Ganges River Declared a Legal Person Wesley J. Smith March 23, 2017 Bioethics, Culture, Legal Science (jurisprudence) 4 New Zealand previously passed legislation granting a river legal personhood. Read More ›