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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
May 14, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Political Science
Tagged
, __nedited, Christianity, civilization, creator, darwinist, Declaration of Independence, endowed by their creator, Eric Metaxas, evolution, happiness, human rights, ideas have consequences, intelligent design, Jerry Coyne, John Adams, Kirk Durston, liberty, meaning, natural law, nihilism, purpose, Stephen Meyer, Thomas Jefferson, United States, Why Evolution Is True, Yuval Noah Harari}

A Darwinist Deconstructs the Declaration of Independence

_{David Klinghoffer
May 14, 2019

Evolution, Political Science

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Yuval Noah Harari quickly gets down to business, unsentimentally shredding Jefferson’s noble phrases. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
April 20, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Tagged
, __k-review, assisted suicide, courts, culture, Europe, European Union, Germany, human rights, law, patients, physicians, suicide}

German High Court to Rule on Right to Suicide

_{Wesley J. Smith
April 20, 2019

Bioethics

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If the continent’s most important country embraces the culture of death, the darkness will spread. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
December 18, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Sociology
Tagged
, __k-review, animal rights, Energy, environmentalism, food, Holocaust denial, human rights, humans, ideology, liberty, misanthropy, nature rights, Paris, prosperity, science, Science (journal), water, Western civilization}

Science Article Castigates “Human Supremacy”

_{Wesley J. Smith
December 18, 2018

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism, Sociology

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Environmentalism is growing darkly anti-human. That misanthropy has also seeped into science. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 5, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Tagged
, __k-review, Africans, animal rights, Bronx Zoo, Charles Darwin, chimpanzees, clergy, Darwinism, frivolous lawsuits, Happy (elephant), human rights, Human Zoos, Monkey House, New York Post, Nonhuman Rights Project, Ota Benga, scientific racism, Tree of Life, Wesley Smith, writ of habeas corpus}

On Human and Animal Rights, the Twisted Course of Evolutionary “Philosophy”

_{David Klinghoffer
October 5, 2018

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism

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Wesley Smith commented earlier on the struggle, via litigation by the Nonhuman Rights Project (NRP), to grant human-like “rights” to an elephant in the Bronx Zoo. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
October 5, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Tagged
, __k-review, animal rights, animals, Argentina, Bronx Zoo, chimpanzees, Congress, Constitution, courts, elephant, frivolous lawsuits, habeas corpus, Happy (elephant), human rights, humans, judge, mirror, New York Court of Appeals, New York Post, Nonhuman Rights Project, orangutan, personhood}

Here We Go Again: Suing for “Elephant Rights”

_{Wesley J. Smith
October 5, 2018

Bioethics

4}

Our care and treatment of animals arise from human duties, not conjuring rights for animals out of ideological zeal. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
September 4, 2018

Categories
Science Education
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, __k-review, academic freedom, Canada, Denyse O'Leary, Evolution News, Free Science, free speech, Globe and Mail, human rights, National Post, North America, students, University of Pennsylvania}

Free Speech or “Better Speech”?

_{Sarah Chaffee
September 4, 2018

Science Education, Scientific Freedom

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What Denyse O’Leary calls “well-intentioned nonsense” will protect no one that needs protecting. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
August 8, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, abortion, Australia, authoritarianism, Canada, doctors, health care, Hippocratic Oath, human rights, medical conscience, medicine, nurses, Ontario, pharmacists, progressive, suicide}

The Drive to Obliterate “Medical Conscience”

_{Wesley J. Smith
August 8, 2018

Bioethics, Medicine

4}

An international effort seeks to transform abortion into a positive right, which would require the state to guarantee access. Read More ›

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Author
Stephen C. Meyer

Date
July 4, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Bill Gates, Charles Darwin, Declaration of Independence, DNA, faith and science, Founders, George Gaylord Simpson, human beings, human rights, Independence Day, intelligent design, John Adams, nature, Thomas Jefferson, United States, Watson and Crick}

We Hold These Truths to Be Self-Evident

_{Stephen C. Meyer
July 4, 2018

Bioethics, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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On Independence Day, it's appropriate to review the sources of our rights as citizens. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
June 13, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, abortion, authoritarianism, BBC News, Canada, civil rights, doctors, euthanasia, health care, hospital, human rights, Ireland, liberty, medical conscience, nurses, Roman Catholic}

Medical Conscience Crisis Comes to Ireland

_{Wesley J. Smith
June 13, 2018

Bioethics, Medicine

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This is not only authoritarian — shattering the guarantees of religious liberty in virtually all existing human-rights accords — but could cause a significant brain drain. Read More ›

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Author
Jay W. Richards

Date
April 16, 2018

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Physics
Tagged
, __k-review, Alasdair MacIntyre, americans, artificial intelligence, China, Declaration of Independence, government, human rights, machines, natural selection, random mutations, robots, Star Trek, Thomas Jefferson, unicorns, University of Notre Dame}

Don’t Fear the Robots; Fear the Robot Philosophers

_{Jay W. Richards
April 16, 2018

Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy, Physics

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Believe it or not, many officially smart people think that (1) we are just computers made of meat, (2) computers will soon become conscious, or (3) both. Read More ›