Tag: PETA

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
January 7, 2026

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Zoology
Tagged
, animal rights, anti-capitalism, bees, climate change, geological features, government, habitat loss, human activity, humans, industry, insects, law, lawfare, lawsuits, nature rights, PETA, pollution, Smithsonian Magazine, stingless bees}

In Peru, Bees Are Granted the Right to Life

_{Wesley J. Smith
January 7, 2026

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism, Zoology

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It is not as if nature or animals need to be granted rights in order to be protected robustly. Read More ›

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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, illnesses, Ingrid Newkirk, journalists, National Institutes of Health, Nonhuman Rights Project, persons, PETA, Silver Spring Monkey Case, 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
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
October 22, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Tagged
, animal rights, animal standing, animal welfare, animals, chimpanzees, Colorado, 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
Wesley J. Smith

Date
February 8, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Tagged
, animal rights, animals, cats, Dogs, humans, moral value, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, PETA, slavery, suffering, Virginia}

Dead Pets: PETA’s Astonishing Kill Rate

_{Wesley J. Smith
February 8, 2024

Bioethics, Evolution

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PETA’s leadership may believe that some animals are better off dead than adopted by households that are non-vegan. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
August 6, 2022

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Science
Tagged
, Animal Algorithms, animal rights, bees, consciousness, Eric Cassell, insects, London School of Economics, meat, neuroscience, pain, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, PETA, PNAS, Research}

Bees Feel Pain. Therefore…Insect Rights?

_{Denyse O’Leary
August 6, 2022

Neuroscience & Mind, Science

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As we learn more from research about how various life forms respond to experiences, a more complex picture may raise political issues. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
June 21, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, animal rights, animal welfare, Blake Lemoine, Bronx Zoo, chatbot, courts, Google, Happy (elephant), human rights, humans, LaMDA, New York State, Non-Computable You, personhood, PETA, Robert J. Marks II, Wesley J. Smith, Wired, Yuval Noah Harari}

Engineer: Failing to See His AI Program as a Person Is “Bigotry”

_{Denyse O’Leary
June 21, 2022

Bioethics, Neuroscience & Mind

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Earlier this month, just in time for the release of Robert J. Marks’s book Non-Computable You, the story broke. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
August 2, 2021

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Tagged
, Aeon, artificial intelligence, bioethicists, chemicals, farming, fruit flies, global warming, honey, insects, oysters, peas, personhood, PETA, sentience}

Bioethicists: Insects Are People, Too!

_{Wesley J. Smith
August 2, 2021

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism

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We have even seen one professor declare the supposed personhood of peas. Now, it is insects’ turn at being anthropomorphized. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
May 27, 2021

Categories
Bioethics
Tagged
, animal rights, animal welfare, animals, bones, heart disease, meat, milk, PETA}

PETA Wrong Again: Milk Is Good for Your Heart

_{Wesley J. Smith
May 27, 2021

Bioethics

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I have no complaint against people who refrain from consuming animal products. Making choices based on one’s moral view is an aspect of human exceptionalism. 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 & 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 ›