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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
February 16, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Medicine
Tagged
, "chilling effect", anti-humanism, bioethicists, fauna, flora, granite outcroppings, Hong Kong, human thriving, humans, medical establishment, misanthropy, natural processes, nature rights, nihilism, prosperity, responsibilities, rights, rivers, speciesism, The Lancet}

World’s Oldest Medical Journal Endorses “Nature Rights”

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February 16, 2023

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism, Medicine

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In other words, we, flora, fauna, and, indeed, geological features such as rivers and granite outcroppings are equal. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
August 21, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Science
Tagged
, abortion, Colorado, embryos, faith, fetus, Groningen protocol, human beings, Journal of Medical Ethics, Netherlands, Peter Singer, pregnancy, public policy, rights, Second Amendment, The New England Journal of Medicine, unborn, Vermont, World Health Organization}

Pro-Abortion Absolutism and Its Consequences

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August 21, 2022

Bioethics, Medicine, Science

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Abortion absolutism is a radical departure from the once well-accepted idea that nascent human beings — at least at some level — deserve respect and protection. 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

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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
April 30, 2021

Categories
Bioethics
Tagged
, anti-human, Congress, Florida, human thriving, nature rights, Orange County, rights, waterways}

Florida Creeks — Yes, the Bodies of Water — Sue to Enforce “Nature Rights”

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April 30, 2021

Bioethics

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Do you see the potential for tremendous mischief and severe harm to human thriving that the nature-rights movement intends? Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
December 20, 2020

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, abuse, assisted suicide, Austria, courts, free will, Germany, guidelines, Humanize, legislators, rights, self-determination, suicide}

Austrian Court Creates Right to Assisted Suicide

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December 20, 2020

Bioethics, Medicine

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A bit ago, Germany’s high court created an absolute right to commit suicide and the concomitant right to have help in making oneself dead. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
May 8, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Tagged
, __k-review, bacteria, Canada, corporations, environmental movement, global warming, humans, Lake Erie, liberty, litigation, mosquitoes, nature rights, orcas, responsibilities, rights, rivers, science journals, The Conversation, whales}

What Do Orcas Want? Rights! When Do They Want Them? Now!

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May 8, 2019

Bioethics

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Apparently orcas are threatened in an area of Canadian waters. The government has suggested voluntary sanctuaries. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
April 24, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Tagged
, __k-review, capitalism, duties, indigenous peoples, National Geographic, nature, nature rights, New Zealand, rights, river, Science (journal), Western civilization}

Teen Vogue, National Geographic Push Nature Rights Further into Mainstream

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April 24, 2019

Bioethics

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The story gushes that nature rights will restore ancient indigenous wisdom, meaning it will undermine Western civilization. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
March 15, 2018

Categories
Ethics
Human Exceptionalism
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, __nedited, "created equal", African Americans, algorithms, artificial intelligence, behavior, Civil War, consciousness, emotivism, empathy, endowed by their creator, feelings, human beings, human rights, programming, Psychology Today, Racism, rights, robots, slavery, stories, Thomas Jefferson}

Rights Are Not about “Feelings”

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March 15, 2018

Ethics, Human Exceptionalism, Neuroscience & Mind

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Thomas Hills argues that we will accord human-style rights to robots because we will come to empathize with them. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
April 28, 2016

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __tedited, age restriction, competency, culture of death, decision-making, depression, disabled, doctors, euthanasia, Groningen protocol, Health & Wellness, infanticide, killing, legalization, mental illness, neonate, Netherlands, parental consent, protective guidelines, responsibilities, rights, suffering, terminal illness, trust}

The Culture of Death Is Like the Universe

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April 28, 2016

Bioethics, Medicine

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Once set in motion, it never stops expanding. Thus we now see the push in the Netherlands to euthanize children. Read More ›