Tag: speciesism

Livestock, sustainable and herd of cattle on a farm in the countryside for eco friendly environment. Agriculture, animals and cows for meat, dairy or beef trade production industry in a grass field.

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
January 22, 2026

Categories
Bioethics
Computational Sciences
Ethics
Tagged
, animal rights, animal suffering, animals, cats, cattle, Dogs, ethical issues, immorality, large language models, LLMs, meal planning, misanthropy, moral philosophers, Peter Singer, Princeton University, propaganda, robots, smart refrigerators, speciesism, steak}

“Moral Philosopher” Decries AI “Speciesism”

_{Wesley J. Smith
January 22, 2026

Bioethics, Computational Sciences, Ethics

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Speciesism is the misanthropic argument that treating an animal like an animal is an evil akin to racism. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
March 4, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Neuroscience & Mind
Psychology
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, animals, Aristotle, behavior, Dogs, emotions, evolutionary biologists, feelings, humans, Marc Bekoff, Michael Egnor, moral choice, prejudice, Psychology Today, Racism, sensations, sexism, speciesism, The Immortal Mind, Thomas Aquinas, Wesley J. Smith}

Clinical Psychologist Supports Human Exceptionalism

_{Denyse O’Leary
March 4, 2025

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism, Neuroscience & Mind, Psychology, Scientific Reasoning

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Gregg Henriques, a secular humanist, has developed an approach that accepts human exceptionalism without denying that animals have mental abilities. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
November 3, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, animals, bioethicists, brains, doctors, experts, human life, humans, Journal of Medical Ethics, lawyers, organoids, philosophers, rats, Research, speciesism}

We Can’t Let “Experts” Decide the Morality of Making “Humanized Animals”

_{Wesley J. Smith
November 3, 2024

Bioethics, Medicine

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Bioethics is a utilitarianish social-political movement whose primary advocates are usually philosophers, lawyers, and/or doctors. Read More ›

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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, 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”

_{Wesley J. Smith
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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Date
January 26, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Life Sciences
Philosophy
Science
Tagged
, Charles Darwin, evolution, Latin, Nominalism, On the Origin of Species, Periodic Table, phylogeny, species, speciesism, UC Berkeley}

Biologist Advocates Biology Without Species; What Could Go Wrong?

_{Science & Culture
January 26, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Life Sciences, Philosophy, Science

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So what is real, according to Brent Mishler? Only phylogeny — the tree of evolutionary descent. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
May 6, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Tagged
, __k-review, animal rights, animal welfare, animals, Dogs, Holocaust, horses, humans, medical research, PETA, pets, rabbits, speciesism, The Conversation}

It’s Unjust Patriarchy to Own a Pet!

_{Wesley J. Smith
May 6, 2019

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism

4}

Corey Lee Wrenn argues that what is done to an animal should be judged in the same fashion as if the same thing were done to a human. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
December 7, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Tagged
, __k-review, animal rights, animals, courts, environmentalists, equality, humans, laws, lawsuit, lawyers, nature, Racism, radicalism, social justice, speciesism}

“Social Justice” Inflates to Include Animals

_{Wesley J. Smith
December 7, 2018

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism

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An article published in Biological Conservation illustrates environmentalism’s metastasizing misanthropy. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
March 4, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Tagged
, __k-review, advance directive, aesthetics, animal rights, dog, Human, litigation, pets, speciesism}

Should EMTs Save a Human or a Dog First?

_{Wesley J. Smith
March 4, 2018

Bioethics

3}

Bioethicists never cease to entertain — if some of the dangerous views pushed by this mainstream movement can be considered “entertaining.” Read More ›