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Wesley J. Smith

Date
March 5, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Environment & Climate
Tagged
, __cedited, Argentina, Bolivia, 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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Wesley J. Smith

Date
January 31, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Tagged
, __cedited, ecosystem, environmentalism, Lake Erie, nature rights, Ohio, pollution, Toledo}

Vote in Toledo to Grant Lake Erie “Rights”

_{Wesley J. Smith
January 31, 2019

Bioethics

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Lake Erie would be able to sue whenever any enterprise engaged in activities that the most radical environmentalist in the city opposed. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
December 18, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Sociology
Tagged
, __cedited, animal rights, Energy, environmentalism, food, Holocaust denial, human rights, humans, ideology, liberty, misanthropy, nature rights, Paris, prosperity, science, Science (journal), water, Western civilization}

Science Article Castigates “Human Supremacy”

_{Wesley J. Smith
December 18, 2018

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism, Sociology

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Environmentalism is growing darkly anti-human. That misanthropy has also seeped into science. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
August 26, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Tagged
, __cedited, animals, Bolivia, courts, Ecuador, glaciers, humans, law, legal standing, nature, nature rights, policymakers, rationality, rivers, United States}

For Rivers, a “Right to Flow”?

_{Wesley J. Smith
August 26, 2018

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism

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Most media with which I interact on this issue assume that advocating personhood for nature must be a fringe meme. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
June 4, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Tagged
, __cedited, animals, Argentina, chimpanzees, Eugene M. Fahey, glaciers, nature rights, New York Court of Appeals, North Carolina State University, orangutan, personhood, Peter Singer, philosopher, rivers, writ of habeas corpus}

New York Judge Supports “Personhood” for Chimpanzees

_{Wesley J. Smith
June 4, 2018

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism

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Why the alarm? Remember, it only takes one judge. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
May 29, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Tagged
, __cedited, abortion, anti-humanism, babies, California, Constitution, forests, fungi, nature rights, right to life, rivers, unborn, viruses, wolves}

A Right to Life for Fungi — But Not for Unborn Humans

_{Wesley J. Smith
May 29, 2018

Bioethics

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Do not expect logic or consistency from nature-rights activists. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
May 24, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Tagged
, __cedited, Amazon River, anti-humanism, Colorado River, Congress, courts, Ganges River, human beings, nature, nature rights, slavery, The Guardian, The War on Humans}

Animal Ownership and Antebellum Slavery — An Odious Comparison

_{Wesley J. Smith
May 24, 2018

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism

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Favored by the animal-rights movement, the idea is misanthropic, and I would say, implicitly racist. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
May 3, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Tagged
, __cedited, 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

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

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
April 23, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Environment & Climate
Tagged
, __cedited, 1984 (novel), Amazon River, biodiversity, ecosystem, electricity, fishing, Ganges River, nature rights, pollution, radicals, river rights, trial lawyers}

“River Rights” Would Impede Human Thriving

_{Wesley J. Smith
April 23, 2018

Bioethics, Environment & Climate

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If the current trend continues, “river rights” will exert a tremendously destructive force. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
April 10, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Tagged
, __cedited, Abraham Lincoln, Amazon River, animal rights, cattle, Civil War, elephants, fauna, flora, humankind, Jonah Goldberg, National Review, nature rights, rivers, Robert E. Lee, Virginia, writ of habeas corpus}

Why the Animal/Nature Rights vs. Human Duties Distinction Matters

_{Wesley J. Smith
April 10, 2018

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism

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Says Jonah Goldberg, “One cheer (and maybe two) for non-human personhood.” Read More ›