pills Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date December 20, 2020 CategoriesBioethicsMedicine Tagged , abuse, assisted suicide, Austria, courts, free will, Germany, Humanize, legislators, rights, suicide Austrian Court Creates Right to Assisted Suicide Wesley J. Smith December 20, 2020 Bioethics, Medicine 2 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 ›
orca Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date May 8, 2019 CategoriesBioethics Tagged , __cedited, 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! Wesley J. Smith May 8, 2019 Bioethics 4 Apparently orcas are threatened in an area of Canadian waters. The government has suggested voluntary sanctuaries. Read More ›
Cool_Bend_on_Whanganui_River_-_panoramio Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date April 24, 2019 CategoriesBioethics Tagged , __cedited, 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 Wesley J. Smith April 24, 2019 Bioethics 4 The story gushes that nature rights will restore ancient indigenous wisdom, meaning it will undermine Western civilization. Read More ›
sad robot Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date March 15, 2018 CategoriesEthicsHuman ExceptionalismNeuroscience & Mind Tagged , __nedited, African Americans, algorithms, artificial intelligence, behavior, Civil War, consciousness, 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” Wesley J. Smith March 15, 2018 Ethics, Human Exceptionalism, Neuroscience & Mind 4 Thomas Hills argues that we will accord human-style rights to robots because we will come to empathize with them. Read More ›
Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date April 28, 2016 CategoriesBioethicsMedicine Tagged , __tedited, competency, culture of death, decision-making, depression, disabled, doctors, euthanasia, Groningen protocol, Health & Wellness, infanticide, killing, legalization, mental illness, Netherlands, parental consent, protective guidelines, responsibilities, rights, suffering, terminal illness, trust The Culture of Death Is Like the Universe Wesley J. Smith April 28, 2016 Bioethics, Medicine 3 Once set in motion, it never stops expanding. Thus we now see the push in the Netherlands to euthanize children. Read More ›
