Tag: punishment

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
March 3, 2025

Categories
Medicine
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, “consensus science”, americans, authoritarianism, conformity, COVID-19, crime, drunk driving, Ethan Siegel, expertise, freedom, hospitals, hubris, humility, ideology, lockdowns, military, punishment, schools, security, Supreme Court, vaccine mandates, Vaccines}

Far from Chastened by Reality, Scientific Authoritarians Are Doubling Down

_{Wesley J. Smith
March 3, 2025

Medicine, Scientific Freedom

5}

Ethan Siegel, an astrophysicist and award-winning science writer, advocates for criminally and civilly punishing violators of the “scientific consensus.” Read More ›

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Author
Richard Weikart

Date
August 26, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Tagged
, agnostics, atheism, disabilities, Ernst Haeckel, eugenics, euthanasia, evolution, Francis Galton, Germany, Ian Dowbiggin, illnesses, Judeo-Christian tradition, punishment, World War I}

Darwinian Death: Euthanasia Meets Eugenics

_{Richard Weikart
August 26, 2024

Bioethics, Evolution

11}

One powerful influence on the early euthanasia movement was eugenics ideology, which emerged first in the 1860s under the leadership of Francis Galton. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
August 25, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, Canada, compassion, crime, Daily Mail, death, dignity, euthanasia, guidelines, killing, MAiD, organ harvesting, organs, patients, PTSD, punishment, Spain, suffering, veterans}

Two Tales from the Euthanasia Dystopia

_{Wesley J. Smith
August 25, 2022

Bioethics, Medicine

3}

In Spain, a criminal who shot four people and was, in turn, shot in the spine by police and paralyzed, was granted death by euthanasia. Read More ›

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Author
Kenneth Feucht

Date
March 25, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Ethics
Evolution
Psychology
Tagged
, B. F. Skinner, crime, Crime and Punishment, culture, Darwin Day in America, Darwinism, evolution, Fyodor Dostoevsky, John West, Judeo-Christian tradition, mental illness, Neo-Darwinism, Portland State University, punishment, rehabilitation, sex education, Weltanschauung}

Darwinism and the “So What?” Question: John West’s Darwin Day in America

_{Kenneth Feucht
March 25, 2022

Bioethics, Ethics, Evolution, Psychology

5}

At first glance, it might seem that whether we believe in evolution as a purely material, unguided process should make no difference to values or morality. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
March 11, 2021

Categories
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, academic freedom, atheism, Ball State University, Big Tech, Canceled Science, censorship, China, Christian colleges, computational biology, creation science, creationism, customers, East Coast, employers, equality, Eric Hedin, freedom, freedom from religion foundation, intelligent design, Israel, Jerry Coyne, justice, lockdown, punishment, race, religion, reward, S. Joshua Swamidass, scientists, social credit, The Boundaries of Science, Wall Street Journal, Washington University}

In the Name of “Academic Freedom,” a Scientist Calls for Punishing Creationists

_{David Klinghoffer
March 11, 2021

Scientific Freedom

5}

The practice has a sordid history. There’s always a rationale — for example, in labeling Israeli businesses, or those doing business with Israel, to be avoided. Read More ›

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Author
Granville Sewell

Date
January 20, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, Big Bang, criminals, Dave Rubin, evolution, humans, intelligent design, Jerry Coyne, justice, materialism, Michael Egnor, natural selection, punishment, robots, scientists, Stephen Hawking, Why Evolution Is True}

From Materialists, More Reductio ad Absurdum

_{Granville Sewell
January 20, 2019

Evolution

3}

Quite honestly, I think we should be grateful to people like Coyne and Hawking, who carry materialism to its logical conclusions. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
January 17, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Tagged
, __k-review, animals, choice, crime, evil, free will, genes, good, human dignity, Jerry Coyne, justice, morality, neurotransmitters, punishment, totalitarianism}

Jerry Coyne and the Consequences of Denying Free Will

_{Michael Egnor
January 17, 2019

Bioethics

4}

Without free will, there is no guilt and there is no innocence. There are merely animals to be managed. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
February 1, 2018

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, __k-review, Adolf Hitler, crime, denial, earthquake, free will, Germany, guilt, Hannah Arendt, Jews, Joseph Stalin, murder, naturalism, punishment, Soviet Union, tornado, Ukrainians, University of Houston}

Free Will Denial and PreCrimes

_{Michael Egnor
February 1, 2018

Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

5}

If we treat criminals the way we treat natural disasters — as physical events without moral culpability — the pragmatic approach is preemption as well. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
May 9, 2013

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Arizona, crime, death penalty, free will, Jerry Coyne, neuroscience, punishment}

Scientific Anti-Humanism Is Being Refuted by Science Itself

_{David Klinghoffer
May 9, 2013

Bioethics, Evolution, Intelligent Design

1}

Darwin taught that life is the product of blind, meaningless, purposeless churning -- making all life, including human, hardly more special or dignified than cosmic refuse. Read More ›

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Author
Joshua Youngkin

Date
May 9, 2013

Categories
Legal Science (jurisprudence)
Social Sciences
Tagged
, __edited, __video-unavailable, Arizona, crime, death penalty, free will, Jerry Coyne, Nation, neuroscience, News, punishment}

Is Jodi Arias a Man-Eating Tiger?

_{Joshua Youngkin
May 9, 2013

Legal Science (jurisprudence), Social Sciences

5}

Any system of justice that would not meaningfully distinguish between man and beast is not worthy of the name. Read More ›