doctor Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date July 25, 2025 CategoriesBioethicsMedicineReproductive Science Tagged , abortion, assisted suicide, Australia, bioethics, British Columbia, Canada, doctors, euthanasia, Ezekiel Emanuel, health care, health professionals, Hippocratic moral values, Hippocratic Oath, hospice, hospitals, human life, Julian Savulescu, medical conscience, medical school, medical values, medicine, nurses, nursing homes, nursing school, Ontario, patients, transgenderism Attacks on Medical Conscience Will Force Doctors to Take Human Life Wesley J. Smith July 25, 2025 Bioethics, Medicine, Reproductive Science 5 Destroying conscience will inhibit talented people with particular moral or religious beliefs from entering medical and nursing schools. Read More ›
THS-12 Type post Author James A. Herrick Date August 21, 2020 CategoriesBioethicsHuman ExceptionalismTechnology Tagged , autonomy, biotechnology, C.S. Lewis, dystopia, Francis Galton, George Bernard Shaw, human nature, individual freedom, J. D. Bernal, J.B.S. Haldane, Julian Savulescu, liberalism, Oxford University, pharmaceuticals, posthumanism, Prozac, That Hideous Strength, The Abolition of Man, transhumanism The Abolition of Man and the Advent of the Posthuman James A. Herrick August 21, 2020 Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism, Technology 9 In Julian Savulescu’s view, rapidly advancing brain science will provide some of the data necessary to shaping a better human race. Read More ›
bioethicists-2 Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date May 4, 2020 CategoriesBioethicsMedicine Tagged , attorneys, bioethics.net, coronavirus, COVID-19, dementia, elderly people, experts, Hastings Center Report, health care, Hippocratic Oath, Huffington Post, John Hardwig, Journal of Medical Ethics, Julian Savulescu, Oxford University, pandemic, physicians, technocracy, Thaddeus Mason Pope The Bioethicist Pandemic Wesley J. Smith May 4, 2020 Bioethics, Medicine 9 The increasing outsourcing of health-care policy to medical bureaucrats during the COVID-19 crisis illustrates a dangerous temptation. Read More ›
Frankenstein-1 Type post Author Richard Weikart Date January 30, 2018 CategoriesBioethicsLife Sciences Tagged , __k-review, biotechnology, cloning, creator, evil, Frankenstein, horror, Journal of Medical Ethics, Julian Savulescu, knowledge, love, Mary Shelley, Oxford University, science, scientists Frankenstein 200 Years Later: Have We Heeded the Warning? Richard Weikart January 30, 2018 Bioethics, Life Sciences 4 Shelley’s cautionary tale of a scientific experiment run amok has profound implications for today’s bioethics debates. Read More ›
Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date April 13, 2017 CategoriesBioethicsMedicine Tagged , __k-review, Belgium, Canada, euthanasia, Julian Savulescu, Netherlands, organ harvesting A “Plum to Society” — Death Procedure with Organ Harvesting Wesley J. Smith April 13, 2017 Bioethics, Medicine 4 According to Oxford bioethicist Julian Savulescu, “This is a very important option to give people who have requested euthanasia." Read More ›
Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date September 25, 2016 CategoriesBioethicsLegal Science (jurisprudence)Medicine Tagged , __tedited, abortion, bioethics, coercion, conscience rights, euthanasia, freedom of religion, Hippocratic Oath, Julian Savulescu The Ethical Menace of “Bioethics” Grows Wesley J. Smith September 25, 2016 Bioethics, Legal Science (jurisprudence), Medicine 4 Two internationally influential bioethicists join forces to advocate that society legally coerce doctors to kill. Read More ›
