Tag: Nonhuman Rights Project

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
March 13, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Science Reporting
Tagged
, animal experiments, animals, chimpanzees, Edward Taub, elephants, First Amendment, human suffering, illnesses, Ingrid Newkirk, journalists, National Institutes of Health, Nonhuman Rights Project, persons, PETA, Silver Spring Monkey Case, Society for Neuroscience, writ of habeas corpus}

PETA Sues NIH for Violating Its “First Amendment Right” to Talk to Monkeys

_{Wesley J. Smith
March 13, 2025

Bioethics, Science Reporting

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There is not one modern medical treatment or intervention that does not involve animal research at some point in the process. 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
October 22, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Tagged
, animal rights, animal standing, animal welfare, animals, chimpanzees, Colorado, Colorado Springs, companionship, elephants, entertainment, food, Happy (elephant), Nonhuman Rights Project, ownership, PETA, science, writ of habeas corpus, zoo}

Will Colorado Permit Elephants to Sue?

_{Wesley J. Smith
October 22, 2024

Bioethics, Evolution

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Many law schools teach courses in animal rights, training lawyers for the day the courtroom door opens to animals. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
January 6, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Neuroscience & Mind
Science
Tagged
, animal rights, animals, bears, cannibalism, consciousness, crime, defendants, free will, humans, moral agency, morality, Nonhuman Rights Project, plaintiffs, Psyche, responsibility}

Can Animals Be Held Criminally Responsible?

_{Denyse O’Leary
January 6, 2023

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism, Neuroscience & Mind, Science

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While the idea is handled provocatively in philosophy literature, in practice, animals are envisioned as plaintiffs, not defendants, in animal rights cases. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
June 16, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Science Reporting
Tagged
, activists, animal rights, animals, Bronx Zoo, children, crime, duties, elephants, Happy (elephant), human rights, humans, illness, injury, judges, New York State, Nonhuman Rights Project, people, rights, slaves, sophistry, species barrier, women, writ of habeas corpus}

Court Rules Elephant Does Not Have Rights

_{Wesley J. Smith
June 16, 2022

Bioethics, Science Reporting

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I have written here several times about the attempt by the Nonhuman Rights Project (NHRP) to “break the species barrier.” Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
November 18, 2021

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, animal rights, animals, chimpanzees, corporations, crime, elephants, Eugene M. Fahey, lawsuit, morality, New York State, Nonhuman Rights Project, Pachamama, persons, The Atlantic}

Elephants Are Better “Persons” Than People!

_{Wesley J. Smith
November 18, 2021

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism, Neuroscience & Mind

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This misanthropic drive among the elites to is not only wrongheaded, it is dangerous. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
June 8, 2021

Categories
Bioethics
Tagged
, animal rights, animal standing, animals, chimpanzees, dolphins, elephant, elephants, Eugene M. Fahey, fauna, human rights, mammals, New York Court of Appeals, Nonhuman Rights Project, orangutan, pets, The Last Resort, Western civilization}

New York High Court to Rule Whether Elephants Are “Persons”

_{Wesley J. Smith
June 8, 2021

Bioethics

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Imagine: pet ownership made a formal legal guardianship complete with enforceable fiduciary duties — that is, if we can have pets at all. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
November 29, 2020

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Tagged
, animal rights, animal standing, animal welfare, animals, Argentina, Bronx Zoo, cattle, chimpanzees, Florida, judges, New York State, Nonhuman Rights Project, personhood, writ of habeas corpus}

Pushing Elephant “Personhood”

_{Wesley J. Smith
November 29, 2020

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism

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Think cattle herds suing ranchers or lab animals suing universities — not to improve care but to liberate from all human use. Read More ›

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Date
November 22, 2020

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Tagged
, animal rights, animals, Declaration of Independence, human rights, ID the Future, Nonhuman Rights Project, personhood, PETA, podcast, Reductionism, The War on Humans, Wesley Smith}

Smith: Personhood for Animals? What About Plants?

_{Science and Culture
November 22, 2020

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism

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Bioethicist Wesley Smith examines the meaning of the term “personhood” and its implications for human rights. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
February 29, 2020

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Tagged
, __edited, animal personhood, animal rights, animal welfare, Bronx Zoo, chimpanzees, Court of Appeals, elephant, Eugene M. Fahey, habeas corpus, Happy, judge, Nonhuman Rights Project, sentience}

Judge Wishes She Could Rule Elephant a “Person”

_{Wesley J. Smith
February 29, 2020

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism

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This kind of thinking drives me nuts. First, we don’t treat animals as mere things or as being akin to inanimate objects. Read More ›