Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date August 28, 2016 CategoriesBioethicsMedicine Tagged , __k-review, Health & Wellness, News Now Living Is a “Psychiatric Disorder” Wesley J. Smith August 28, 2016 Bioethics, Medicine 1 The broader problem, I think, is that too many of us believe that an overriding purpose of society is the prevention of suffering. Read More ›
Type post Author David Klinghoffer Date August 24, 2016 CategoriesEvolutionIntelligent DesignPhysical Sciences Tagged , __k-review, News, science Put Up or Shut Up for Evolution? Nearest “Habitable” Planet Found Orbiting Proxima Centauri David Klinghoffer August 24, 2016 Evolution, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences 1 Intelligent design can live easily with the idea of inhabited worlds beyond Earth. Read More ›
Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date August 24, 2016 CategoriesBioethicsLegal Science (jurisprudence) Tagged , __k-review, Nation, nature, News Judge Rules Chickens Are “Akin to Children” Wesley J. Smith August 24, 2016 Bioethics, Legal Science (jurisprudence) 1 Animal abuse is wrong because it causes gratuitous pain to the animals involved. That is enough in and of itself. Read More ›
Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date August 14, 2016 CategoriesBioethicsLegal Science (jurisprudence)Medicine Tagged , __k-review, News, world Canadian Bar Association Wants More Euthanasia Wesley J. Smith August 14, 2016 Bioethics, Legal Science (jurisprudence), Medicine 1 Once a society accepts the premise that killing is an acceptable answer to suffering, here's what happens. Read More ›
Type post Author John G. West Date August 10, 2016 CategoriesEvolutionIntelligent Design Tagged , __k-review, events, News, science Twenty Years Ago Today, Did This Change the Evolution Debate Forever? John G. West August 10, 2016 Evolution, Intelligent Design 1 On Saturday, August 10, 1996, Dr. Stephen Meyer and I organized an event to publicly launch the Center for Science & Culture. Read More ›
Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date August 6, 2016 CategoriesBioethics Tagged , __k-review, Nation, News, Politics, Research Brave New World Should Be Campaign Issue Wesley J. Smith August 6, 2016 Bioethics 1 Human cloning is being perfected, we are already engaging in embryonic experiments into genetic engineering, and there is a great silence. Read More ›
Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date August 4, 2016 CategoriesBioethics Tagged , __k-review, Health & Wellness, News, Research, science NIH Can’t Be Trusted to Regulate Animal/Human Research Wesley J. Smith August 4, 2016 Bioethics 1 We have to be careful how we react to stories like this and not assume that all such work is, by definition, unethical. Read More ›
Type post Author David Klinghoffer Date July 28, 2016 CategoriesEvolutionHuman Origins and Anthropology Tagged , __k-review, nature, News, Research, science An Orangutan “Speaks,” “Orates,” Engaging in “Conversation,” “Surprisingly Like Our Own”? David Klinghoffer July 28, 2016 Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology 1 A case study in science media hype. Read More ›
Type post Author Michael Egnor Date July 28, 2016 CategoriesBioethicsLegal Science (jurisprudence)Neuroscience & MindPhilosophy Tagged , __k-review, Nation, News Without Free Will There Is No Justice Michael Egnor July 28, 2016 Bioethics, Legal Science (jurisprudence), Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy 1 Of course Manson acolyte Leslie Van Houten chose to kill, just as millions of law-abiding people choose not to kill. Read More ›
Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date July 26, 2016 CategoriesBioethicsLegal Science (jurisprudence)Scientific Freedom Tagged , __k-review, Nation, News Criminal Prosecution as a Cudgel Against Dissenters Wesley J. Smith July 26, 2016 Bioethics, Legal Science (jurisprudence), Scientific Freedom 1 The Planned Parenthood prosecution of David Daleiden and a colleague was a particularly egregious example of this authoritarianism. Read More ›
