united-nations-headquarters-in-new-york-usa-515061783-stockpack-adobestock Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date September 30, 2026 CategoriesBioethicsHuman Exceptionalism Tagged , AKET Fund, Alfred Kobacker, bees, commodities, earth religion, economic thriving, Elizabeth Trimbach Fund, fossil fuel, General Assembly, glaciers, Green Party, House of Lords, human freedom, indigenous knowledge, minerals, mountains, National Geographic Society, nature, oil, Panama, progress, rivers, timber, trees, United Nations, waves Nature Rights — Now Coming to the United Nations Wesley J. Smith September 30, 2026 Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism 4 The potential harm to human thriving and to our self-perception as an exceptional species cannot be overstated. Read More ›
NorthPoleArcticOceanseaice03 Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date September 24, 2026 CategoriesEthicsHuman Exceptionalism Tagged , agency, anthropomorphizing, arctic ice, Arctic Institute, Arctic sea ice, cattle ranches, crabs, elements, fossil fuel, geological features, glacier rights, human exceptionalism, humans, ice melt, intelligentsia, Jim Hightower, minerals, mystification, National Geographic Society, nature rights, NGOs, persons, rights of nature, sea ice, University of Helsinki Will You Take Ice with That? The Latest Madness from Nature Rights Wesley J. Smith September 24, 2026 Ethics, Human Exceptionalism 7 Ice has no agency. It is frozen water. Water contains minerals and other elements. Do they have rights, too? Read More ›