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Thanksgiving and the Frailty of Scientific Atheism 

Our bioethicist colleague Wesley Smith had a very interesting and wide-ranging conversation with Stephen Meyer. Read More ›
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Austrian Court Creates Right to Assisted Suicide

A bit ago, Germany’s high court created an absolute right to commit suicide and the concomitant right to have help in making oneself dead. Read More ›
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Stifle Your Nausea: Ready for a Dish-Grown Brain?

"We have already genetically engineered babies, the march toward three- (or more) parent human embryos, and radical proposals for creating novel family forms." Read More ›
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Ethicist Protests Politicized Science — Alas, That Horse Left the Barn Long Ago

It is all about the costs of getting on the wrong side of the power structure. To say that this “chills” debate about scientific issues is an understatement. Read More ›
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Suicide by Zoom — Technology and Dehumanization

“We are always told that ‘strict guidelines will protect against abuse.’ It’s always been baloney.” Read More ›
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Racism, Evolution, and Human Exceptionalism

Certain threads in the events of recent months suggest the hand of a skilled novelist. Read More ›
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Why “Humanize”? A New Effort to Defend the Unique Dignity of Human Beings

One of the tragic trends in thinking about evolution has been to blur the distinction between humans and animals. History warns us not to regard this lightly. Read More ›

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