Tag: litigation

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
February 25, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Life Sciences
Tagged
, americans, China, ecocide, environmental law, fauna, flora, geological features, Green New Deal, human rights, industry, liberty, litigation, Nairobi, nature rights, The Guardian, United Kingdom, United Nations, Western civilization}

Granting Rights to Nature Is Being Negotiated at the United Nations

_{Wesley J. Smith
February 25, 2024

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism, Life Sciences

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“Nature rights” and “ecocide” are part of the effort among radicals to destroy Western civilization, the central principle of which is human exceptionalism. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
April 24, 2020

Categories
Bioethics
Tagged
, __k-review, anti-humanism, conservation, Earth Day, ecosystem, environmentalism, human benefit, Lake Erie, litigation, nature rights, pollution, regulation, Science (journal)}

Push to Replace Earth Day with “Nature Rights”

_{Wesley J. Smith
April 24, 2020

Bioethics

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The activists are right about one thing. Rights of nature would be far more effective in impeding development and extracting wealth from the land than the current system. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
December 8, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __edited, abortion, birth control, employment, First Amendment, freedom of religion, Islam, litigation, Roman Catholic}

Mission: To Eviscerate Freedom of Religion

_{Wesley J. Smith
December 8, 2019

Bioethics, Medicine

4}

The only real difference between Robyn Pennacchia and me is that I believe in the entirety of the First Amendment and she does not. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
May 8, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Tagged
, __k-review, bacteria, Canada, corporations, environmental movement, global warming, humans, Lake Erie, liberty, litigation, mosquitoes, nature rights, orcas, responsibilities, rights, rivers, science journals, The Conversation, whales}

What Do Orcas Want? Rights! When Do They Want Them? Now!

_{Wesley J. Smith
May 8, 2019

Bioethics

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Apparently orcas are threatened in an area of Canadian waters. The government has suggested voluntary sanctuaries. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
March 5, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Environment & Climate
Tagged
, __k-review, Argentina, Bolivia, greenmail, human thriving, Lake Erie, litigation, nature rights, orangutan, Pachamama, Pittsburgh, radicalism, Santa Monica, Toledo, writ of habeas corpus}

Lake Erie Now Has Rights

_{Wesley J. Smith
March 5, 2019

Bioethics, Environment & Climate

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If nature has rights, that means everything does, which devalues “rights” just as a wild inflation deflates the worth of currency. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
August 21, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Tagged
, __k-review, animal standing, animals, Argentina, chimpanzees, Congress, horses, judges, law, lawsuits, litigation, monkeys, Oregon, pets, rationality, San Francisco Chronicle, whales, zoo}

When Horses Sue

_{Wesley J. Smith
August 21, 2018

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism

4}

“Animal standing” would open the courts to lawsuits brought by animals. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
July 1, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, California, circumcision, Constitution, doctors, free speech, gender dysphoria, infant, litigation, medical conscience, medical professionals, medicine, nurses, puberty, suicide, Supreme Court}

A Win for Medical Conscience

_{Wesley J. Smith
July 1, 2018

Bioethics, Medicine

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Powerful forces want to compel doctors to violate their consciences in their professional lives. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
May 3, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Tagged
, __k-review, anti-human, Colorado River, Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund, conservation, environmentalism, lawsuits, litigation, nature rights, Sir David Attenborough}

Colorado Is Ground Zero for “Nature Rights”

_{Wesley J. Smith
May 3, 2018

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism

3}

Environmentalism isn’t about conservation or protecting endangered species anymore. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
March 15, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, academic freedom, American Medical Association, Baltimore, evidence, evolution, Free Science, insurance, Johns Hopkins University, litigation, malpractice, medicine, orthodoxy, patients, physicians, Washington D.C}

The Costs of Defensive Science

_{Sarah Chaffee
March 15, 2018

Evolution, Medicine

4}

In our highly litigious society, physicians and other health-care professionals often practice what is known as “defensive medicine.” Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
March 4, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Tagged
, __k-review, advance directive, aesthetics, animal rights, bioethics.net, CPR, dog, Human, litigation, pets, speciesism}

Should EMTs Save a Human or a Dog First?

_{Wesley J. Smith
March 4, 2018

Bioethics

3}

Bioethicists never cease to entertain — if some of the dangerous views pushed by this mainstream movement can be considered “entertaining.” Read More ›