Tag: medical ethics

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
October 14, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Ethics
Medicine
Tagged
, bioethics, Canada, Charles Camosy, consensus, doctors, George W. Bush, human life, Journal of Medical Ethics, lawyers, Leon Kass, medical ethics, moral tradition, Ontario, orthodoxy, patient choice, Paul Ramsey, philosophers, President’s Council on Bioethics, professors, progressive politics, public health, public policy, The Emerging Tradition of Secular Bioethics, tradition}

Contrary to Claims, Bioethics Is Not a “Moral Tradition”

_{Wesley J. Smith
October 14, 2025

Bioethics, Ethics, Medicine

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Talk about a “heads we win, tails you lose” consensus that can drive Hippocratic physicians out of the profession. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
August 13, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Environment & Climate
Evolution
Tagged
, biodiversity, bioethicists, bioethics, climate change, flooding, health, health care, hospitals, hubris, human exceptionalism, humans, medical ethics, moral expertise, public health policy, war, wildfires}

Only Bioethicists Can Save the Planet!

_{Wesley J. Smith
August 13, 2025

Bioethics, Environment & Climate, Evolution

3}

Apparently, anyone with any claim to victimization or marginalization can be a bioethicist now. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
July 19, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, assisted suicide, California, Canada, death, doctors, dying, MAiD, medical ethics, oncology, patients}

MDs Support Expanding Assisted Suicide Beyond the Terminally Ill

_{Wesley J. Smith
July 19, 2024

Bioethics, Medicine

3}

The myth that legal assisted suicide is about terminal illness is becoming harder to swallow. Evidence can be found in a recent survey. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 23, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Ethics
Medicine
Tagged
, assault, gender affirmation, health, malpractice, medical ethics, medical school, medicine, neurosurgery, patients, public education, surgeons, surgery, The Federalist}

Dr. Michael Egnor: “Operating on Healthy Bodies Defies Surgical Ethics”

_{David Klinghoffer
September 23, 2022

Bioethics, Ethics, Medicine

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"A well-performed operation is still malpractice (or even assault) if it is not done for valid medical reasons." Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 26, 2020

Categories
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, Aryans, creationists, editors, Evolution News, Free Science, Humanize, intelligent design, Jews, Journal of Theoretical Biology, journals, medical ethics, Nature (journal), Nazi Germany, Richard Sternberg, Science (journal), scientific debate, scientific method, soft totalitarianism, Stephen Meyer, The New England Journal of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Wesley Smith, yellow star}

Ethicist Protests Politicized Science — Alas, That Horse Left the Barn Long Ago

_{David Klinghoffer
October 26, 2020

Scientific Freedom

4}

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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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
July 25, 2017

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, doctors, elderly, euthanasia, homicide, Huffington Post, killing, medical ethics, mental illness, Netherlands, Wall Street Journal}

Euthanasia Apologists Conceal the Truth About What They Advocate

_{Wesley J. Smith
July 25, 2017

Bioethics, Medicine

3}

It is homicide: no different in outcome — i.e., killing — from if the doctor shot the patient in the head. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
July 3, 2017

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, Charlie Gard, Christianity, end of life, England, medical ethics, medical futility, National Health Service, quality of life, right to life}

With the Charlie Gard Case, Culture of Death Tightens Its Grip in England

_{Michael Egnor
July 3, 2017

Bioethics, Medicine

5}

The child was born with a mitochondrial disorder that causes brain damage and eventually death. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
September 6, 2016

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Tagged
, __tedited, animal experiments, animal intelligence, animal rights, Edward Taub, human experimentation, human intelligence, human rights, medical ethics, medical experiments, medical research, moral value, PETA, Peter Singer, Silver Spring Monkey Case, value}

The Human Cost of Animal Rights Fanaticism

_{Wesley J. Smith
September 6, 2016

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism

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Animal rights activists associated with PETA set up Dr. Edward Taub as an animal abuser. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
August 12, 2016

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __tedited, bioethics, censorship, embryo research, embryonic stem cells, hype, medical ethics, Stem Cell Research}

Embryonic Stem Cell Hype — Was Hype

_{Wesley J. Smith
August 12, 2016

Bioethics, Medicine

2}

Let's remember all those people who did not get out of their wheelchairs nor have their diabetes or Parkinson's cured by ESC therapies. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
July 16, 2016

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __tedited, bioethics, consent, futile care, Health & Wellness, medical ethics, medical futility, medical interventions, patients}

American Medical Association Playing “Hide the Ball” with Futile Care Rule?

_{Wesley J. Smith
July 16, 2016

Bioethics, Medicine

3}

"Futile care" is ad hoc health care rationing. Read More ›