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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
April 13, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Environment & Climate
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, bureaucrats, carbon trading, dams, development, ecosystems, free market, Great Lakes, human flourishing, industry, legislation, life forms, monetization, nature rights, New York State, Ohio, patenting, Toledo, water, watersheds}

New York State: Rights for Lakes, Waterways

_{Wesley J. Smith
April 13, 2025

Bioethics, Environment & Climate, Intelligent Design

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For the future good of human flourishing, we need to take the “nature rights” movement seriously. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
February 19, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, animal rights, CRISPR, Davos, discrimination, environmentalism, Europe, fauna, flora, genetic engineering, genocide, germ line, humanity, mammals, Munich, nature rights, oppression, PETA, rights, slavery}

Defending Human Exceptionalism in Munich

_{Wesley J. Smith
February 19, 2025

Bioethics, Medicine

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This matters tremendously because human exceptionalism is the necessary predicate to universal human rights. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
February 10, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Environment & Climate
History of Science
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, data, environmentalism, equity, geological features, indigenous people, indigenous wisdom, Nature Communications, nature rights, religion}

“Indigenous Wisdom” Would Make Environmental Science Less Scientific

_{Wesley J. Smith
February 10, 2025

Bioethics, Environment & Climate, History of Science, Physical Sciences

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Indigenous people were and are keen observers of nature but modern environment policy needs to be deeply rooted in science as well as culture. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
January 30, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Environment & Climate
Tagged
, colonialism, conservation, duties, environmentalism, indigenous people, mountains, nature rights, New Zealand, powers, public policy, responsibilities, rights, Santa Monica, Yellowstone}

This Mountain Is Now a “Person” with “Rights” and Even “Responsibilities”

_{Wesley J. Smith
January 30, 2025

Bioethics, Environment & Climate

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And what responsibilities can the mountain possibly assume? Can it be sued for an avalanche? Ridiculous! Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
January 26, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, animal rights, animal standing, Colorado, elephants, human being, lawsuits, nature rights, Nonhuman Rights Project, persons}

Elephant Personhood — Nixed Again

_{Wesley J. Smith
January 26, 2025

Bioethics, Neuroscience & Mind

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The activists had some reason for hope. Two judges in New York’s highest court swallowed the baloney in a 5–2 ruling. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
December 2, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, animal rights, animal standing, conservation, courts, indigenous wisdom, legal standing, London, nature rights, rights, shipping, whales, windmills}

Now It’s “Whale Rights”

_{Wesley J. Smith
December 2, 2024

Bioethics, Neuroscience & Mind

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As often is the case in nature rights activism, “indigenous wisdom” is invoked as somehow superior to modern conservation. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
September 21, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Life Sciences
Tagged
, China, fossil fuels, grass, human race, human thriving, mining, mosquitoes, natural gas, nature rights, Pachamama, pond scum, resources, scallops, squirrels, trees}

Pond Scum Is Our Equal: That’s Nature Rights for You

_{Wesley J. Smith
September 21, 2024

Bioethics, Life Sciences

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Now, a “tribunal” will be held in New York to promote the rights of nature and undermine public support for fossil fuels. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
August 2, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, cognition, consciousness, ecocide, Ecuador, genocide, Harvard Law School, human rights, Iceland, nature rights, neo-paganism, Panama, panpsychism, personhood, Russia, Vladimir Putin, Wesley J. Smith}

Rocks’ Lives Matter: The Political Face of “Everything Is Conscious”

_{Denyse O’Leary
August 2, 2024

Bioethics, Neuroscience & Mind

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When it comes to rights, just being human is becoming much less of an advantage. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
July 31, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, China, climate change, Columbia University, Ecuador, glaciers, Iceland, nature rights, Panama, personhood, pollution, river rights, University of Oregon}

Icelanders Nominated a Glacier for President to Push “Nature Rights” Movement

_{Wesley J. Smith
July 31, 2024

Bioethics, Physical Sciences

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Here is a story on “nature rights” activism that, on first impression, leaves one bemused. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
July 8, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Botany
Life Sciences
Tagged
, animals, forests, humans, mountains, nature rights, rivers, Wyoming}

More “Nature Rights” Virtue Signaling, Now in Jackson, Wyoming

_{Wesley J. Smith
July 8, 2024

Bioethics, Botany, Life Sciences

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So, wise city councilors: Do the plants in the ponds have a right not to be eaten by the moose? Do grubs have a right not to be consumed by black bears? Read More ›