Tag: sanctity of life

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Author
Douglas Groothuis

Date
March 26, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Philosophy
Political Science
Tagged
, Albert Einstein, authoritarianism, Benjamin Franklin, Bible, biographers, Blaise Pascal, Buddhism, C. S. Lewis, caste system, Christian philosophy, Christianity, Declaration of Independence, Deists, Elon Musk, endowed by our creator, evolution, First Amendment, Founders, Founding, French Revolution, guillotine, happiness, Hinduism, humans, image of God, infidels, Islam, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, John Locke, John West, Judeo-Christian tradition, Leonardo da Vinci, philosophy, sanctity of life, Second Treatise on Government, social contract theory, St. Augustine, Steve Jobs, The Greatest Sentence Ever Written, The Social Contract, theism, theology, Thomas Aquinas, Thomas Jefferson, Unitarians, universal human rights, utopianism, Walter Isaacson, worldview}

In Explicating the “Greatest Sentence,” New Book Falls Short

_{Douglas Groothuis
March 26, 2026

Evolution, Philosophy, Political Science

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No naturalistic account of human life, rooted in Darwin’s purposeless evolution, has reason to account humans as special in nature. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
April 21, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Faith & Science
Human Exceptionalism
Tagged
, animals, anthropocentrism, disabilities, embryo, environment, 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, 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Nature Says Bioethics Is Obsolete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, 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, physician-assisted suicide, Richard Weikart, sanctity of life, science, video}

Weikart: “History and the Euthanasia Problem”

_{Science & 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, 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, 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, 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

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