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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
June 1, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Tagged
, algae, duties, evolution, experts, glaciers, human beings, lawsuits, legal standing, Moon, nature, nature rights, oceans, ownership, rights, Science (journal), science journals, scientists, swamps, wokeness}

Should We Give Nature “Rights”? A Premier Science Journal Says Yes

_{Wesley J. Smith
June 1, 2023

Bioethics, Evolution

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The text is too long to present here, so I will give one example: the “right to evolve.” The authors note that “evolution” has many meanings. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
March 30, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Science Reporting
Tagged
, climate change, conservation, currency, inflation, Lake Erie, mushrooms, nature rights, New York Times, personhood, rights, squirrels, United States, Utah, Western civilization}

Let’s Declare the Great Salt Lake a Person?

_{Wesley J. Smith
March 30, 2023

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism, Science Reporting

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If a squirrel or mushroom and all other earthly entities somehow possess rights, the vibrancy of rights withers. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
February 16, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Medicine
Tagged
, "chilling effect", anti-humanism, bioethicists, fauna, flora, Hong Kong, human thriving, humans, medical establishment, misanthropy, natural processes, nature rights, nihilism, prosperity, responsibilities, rights, rivers, speciesism, The Lancet}

World’s Oldest Medical Journal Endorses “Nature Rights”

_{Wesley J. Smith
February 16, 2023

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism, Medicine

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In other words, we, flora, fauna, and, indeed, geological features such as rivers and granite outcroppings are equal. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
October 19, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Culture
Tagged
, economics, freedom, geological features, human thriving, humans, ideology, nature rights, oceans, paganism, PLOS Biology, technocracy, wokeness}

Woke Science: Prestigious Biology Journal Claims “Ocean” Is a “Living Entity” with Rights

_{Wesley J. Smith
October 19, 2022

Bioethics, Culture

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The “Ocean rights” approach would make the creatures of the sea co-equal with humans. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
October 13, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Culture
Human Exceptionalism
Tagged
, animal rights, China, environmentalism, lawmakers, lawsuits, lawyers, liberty, nature, nature rights, transgenderism, United Kingdom}

The Law Society in UK Endorses “Nature Rights”

_{Wesley J. Smith
October 13, 2022

Bioethics, Culture, Human Exceptionalism

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In other words, we should redefine our self-understanding as being just another species in the forest. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
October 8, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Culture
Evolution
Tagged
, evolution, geological features, lawsuits, nature rights, personhood, regulations, Science (journal), Spain, University of Melbourne}

Spanish Lagoon Granted Right to “Evolve”

_{Wesley J. Smith
October 8, 2022

Bioethics, Culture, Evolution

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The “nature rights” movement continues to spread — with little resistance because people don’t take it seriously. Read More ›

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Date
July 16, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Life Sciences
Tagged
, activists, animal rights, animal welfare, courts, elephants, environmentalism, Florida, glaciers, human thriving, humans, Lake Erie, lakes, lawsuit, nature rights, New York Court of Appeals, Ohio, Orange County, rivers}

Local “Water Rights” Law Invalidated in Florida

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July 16, 2022

Bioethics, Life Sciences

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“Nature rights” and “animal rights” activists will keep trying. And there is no denying they are making incremental inroads. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
May 4, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Science Reporting
Tagged
, Bolivia, Chile, climate change, courts, Ecuador, glaciers, India, laws, Mother Nature, nature, nature rights, prosperity, rivers, United States}

India High Court: Nature Is a “Living Being” with “Rights”

_{Wesley J. Smith
May 4, 2022

Bioethics, Science Reporting

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Nature-rights laws generally allow anyone who believes that nature’s “rights” are being violated to sue to prevent the violation and to seek redress. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
April 13, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Science Reporting
Tagged
, courts, development, environmentalists, Florida, human rights, humankind, journalists, lakes, law, nature rights, Orange County, radicals, The New Yorker, United Nations}

Nature Rights: A Lake in Florida Sues

_{Wesley J. Smith
April 13, 2022

Bioethics, Science Reporting

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For a certain class of journalists, practical concerns are of little consequence — or perhaps, just not as much fun to write about. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
March 18, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Science Reporting
Tagged
, college students, ecosystem, Enterprise, Florida, Great Lakes, Lake Erie, legislation, nature rights, New York State, Orange County, radicals, Toledo}

“Great Lakes Bill of Rights” Legislation Introduced

_{Wesley J. Smith
March 18, 2022

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism, Science Reporting

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Based on the chat-room comments, I was viewed by the college students who watched as the skunk at the party for defending human exceptionalism. Read More ›