Tag: sanctity of life

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
April 21, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Faith & Science
Human Exceptionalism
Tagged
, animals, anthropocentrism, biocentrism, disabilities, embryo, environment, environmental regulations, Evolution News, human development, human exceptionalism, humankind, humans, nature, nature rights, Pope Francis, Roman Catholic, sanctity of life}

Pope Francis Embraced Human Exceptionalism

_{Wesley J. Smith
April 21, 2025

Bioethics, Faith & Science, Human Exceptionalism

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The idea of unique human value and concomitant duties are the core of human exceptionalism. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
October 30, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Sociology
Tagged
, __edited, Big Biotech, biotechnology, CRISPR, experts, genetic engineering, healthcare, Joseph Fletcher, Nature (journal), public policy, sanctity of life, University of Cambridge}

Nature Says Bioethics Is Obsolete

_{Wesley J. Smith
October 30, 2019

Bioethics, Medicine, Sociology

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In such a milieu in which there really is no “right” and “wrong,” who needs bioethicists? Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
September 22, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __edited, abortion, ACLU, doctors, effective referral, euthanasia, healthcare, infanticide, Journal of Medical Ethics, medicine, nurses, patients, pharmacists, quality of life, Roman Catholic, sanctity of life, suicide, utilitarianism}

Bioethics Intends to Destroy Catholic Healthcare

_{Wesley J. Smith
September 22, 2019

Bioethics, Medicine

4}

Meanwhile, to the applause of many bioethicists, the ACLU has mounted repeated lawsuits against Catholic hospitals. Read More ›

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Date
March 3, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Philosophy
Tagged
, __k-review, antiquity, California State University Stanislaus, Center for Science and Culture, culture, Darwinism, eugenics, euthanasia, From Darwin to Hitler, history, Hitler’s Religion, ideology, Judeo-Christian culture, physician-assisted suicide, Ratio Christi, Richard Weikart, sanctity of life, science, video}

Weikart: “History and the Euthanasia Problem”

_{Science and Culture
March 3, 2018

Bioethics, Philosophy

2}

It’s not possible to understand current controversies about physician-assisted suicide, euthanasia, eugenics, and related subjects without appreciating the long history behind these ideas. Read More ›

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Author
Richard Weikart

Date
July 19, 2017

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, Darwinism, Dogs, E.O. Wilson, evolution, Faith Versus Fact, homeless, Jerry Coyne, Michael Ruse, morality, sanctity of life, University of Chicago}

Jerry Coyne, Infanticide, and the Evolution of Morality

_{Richard Weikart
July 19, 2017

Bioethics, Evolution

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I’m confident Coyne will be outraged by this proposal -- as he should be. However, this is exactly how we treat dogs. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
July 13, 2017

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, Charlie Gard, doctors, infanticide, mercy killing, murder, New York Times, Nuremberg trials, sanctity of life}

New York Times Offers Infanticide Advocacy

_{Wesley J. Smith
July 13, 2017

Bioethics, Medicine

3}

At Nuremberg, doctors were hanged for killing babies for exactly the reasons (a “healing treatment”) mentioned here. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
July 5, 2017

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, Charlie Gard, futile care, sanctity of life, socialism, United Kingdom, utilitarianism}

Charlie Gard Has Happened Here Too

_{Wesley J. Smith
July 5, 2017

Bioethics, Medicine

3}

Some have commented on the case as if that is a product of the U.K.’s socialized medical system. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 3, 2016

Categories
Bioethics
Social Sciences
Tagged
, __tedited, "duty to kill", biological origins, culture, disabled, Ernst Haeckel, ethics, eugenics, euthanasia, forced sterilization, human life, human rights, infanticide, mercy killing, Richard Weikart, sanctity of life, scientism, Social Darwinism, society}

The Darwinian Origins of Euthanasia Advocacy

_{David Klinghoffer
June 3, 2016

Bioethics, Social Sciences

5}

Everything in ethics, every single weighty cultural issue I can think of, hinges on the question of biological origins. Read More ›