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Richard Weikart on Racism, Darwinism, and Christianity

If living things are only the result of chance processes, does human life have any intrinsic value? Read More ›
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Thomas Jefferson’s Embrace of Intelligent Design

On Independence Day, it is appropriate to review the sources of our rights as citizens. There is one source that is more basic than any other. Read More ›
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Where the Abortion Debate Goes from Here

On a new podcast, host Wesley Smith and guest Catherine Glenn Foster discuss the Dobbs decision. Read More ›
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Thomas Jefferson’s Embrace of Intelligent Design

On Independence Day, it is appropriate to review the sources of our rights as citizens. There is one source that is more basic than any other. Read More ›
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In the Footsteps of Social Darwinist Cesare Lombroso

Lombroso’s ideas were quack science. But they were taken seriously by criminologists and public officials around the world until they were debunked. Read More ›
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Engineer: Failing to See His AI Program as a Person Is “Bigotry”

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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Court Rules Elephant Does Not Have Rights

I have written here several times about the attempt by the Nonhuman Rights Project (NHRP) to “break the species barrier.” Read More ›
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Professor: We Shouldn’t Necessarily Value Humans Over Other Animals

NYU environmentalism prof Jeff Sebo argues that humans are not always rational and that some animals display mental qualities so we aren’t exceptional. Read More ›
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Nature Rights: A Lake in Florida Sues

For a certain class of journalists, practical concerns are of little consequence — or perhaps, just not as much fun to write about. Read More ›
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Professor Explains “How to Be a God”

Transhumanists and futurists worry about guaranteeing rights for AI technologies when they attain “consciousness.” Read More ›

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