Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date June 2, 2015 CategoriesBioethicsIntelligent Design Tagged , __k-review, nature, science, The War on Humans Now It’s Plant "Intelligence" Wesley J. Smith June 2, 2015 Bioethics, Intelligent Design 1 I wrote previously about a professor (of course!) in the New York Times advocating "pea personhood." Read More ›
Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date April 14, 2015 CategoriesBioethicsTechnology Tagged , __k-review, Mind and Technology, science, The War on Humans, Views Machines Will Always Be Things, Never "Persons" Wesley J. Smith April 14, 2015 Bioethics, Technology 1 Peter Singer claims that the brain is just a computer, and so if an AI machine were ever developed, it could be considered a person too. Read More ›
Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date April 2, 2015 CategoriesBioethics Tagged , __k-review, nature, News, The War on Humans, Views Carnegie Council Pushes "Nature Rights" Wesley J. Smith April 2, 2015 Bioethics 1 "Rivers have river rights; trees have tree rights; birds have bird rights and humans have human rights." Read More ›
Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date March 25, 2015 CategoriesBioethicsTechnology Tagged , __k-review, Mind and Technology, The War on Humans, Views Good Grief, Now They’re Pushing for "Machine Rights" Wesley J. Smith March 25, 2015 Bioethics, Technology 1 We still have too much work to do in the realm of human rights to worry about machines. Read More ›
Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date March 24, 2015 CategoriesBioethicsEvolutionLegal Science (jurisprudence) Tagged , __k-review, News, science, The War on Humans From Steven Wise, TED Conference Hears that Chimps and Bonobos Are "Slaves" Wesley J. Smith March 24, 2015 Bioethics, Evolution, Legal Science (jurisprudence) 1 I wonder: Has TED ever had anyone defend the unique value of human life? Read More ›
Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date March 10, 2015 CategoriesBioethics Tagged , __k-review, News, The War on Humans, Views, world RIP, Jagger, But Dogs Can’t Be "Murdered" Wesley J. Smith March 10, 2015 Bioethics 1 The language we use matters. Read More ›
Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date February 3, 2015 CategoriesBioethicsMedicine Tagged , __k-review, Health & Wellness, science, The War on Humans, Views Save the Poor Poliovirus! Wesley J. Smith February 3, 2015 Bioethics, Medicine 1 This is so potentially destructive of human life that it has to be considered part of the "war on humans." Read More ›
Type post Author Bruce Chapman Date February 1, 2015 CategoriesBioethicsFaith & Science Tagged , __k-review, events, News, The War on Humans Catholics Honor Discovery Fellow Wesley J. Smith Bruce Chapman February 1, 2015 Bioethics, Faith & Science 1 The Cardinal John J. O'Connor award of Legatus, the national organization of lay Catholics, was given in Naples, Florida, on Saturday. Read More ›
Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date January 30, 2015 CategoriesBioethicsPhilosophy Tagged , __k-review, nature, The War on Humans, Views Human Extinction Is the Logical Corollary of Animal Rights Thinking Wesley J. Smith January 30, 2015 Bioethics, Philosophy 1 In a rare rebuttal to animal rights ideology, Philosophy Today has published a piece by Rhys Southan, apparently a reformed animal rights believer. Read More ›
Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date January 28, 2015 CategoriesBioethicsLegal Science (jurisprudence) Tagged , __k-review, science, The War on Humans, Views David Suzuki’s Anti-Human "Blue Dot" Campaign Wesley J. Smith January 28, 2015 Bioethics, Legal Science (jurisprudence) 1 Let's hope that Canadians see through the pretense. Read More ›