Tag: United Nations

United Nations Headquarters in New York, USA

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
September 30, 2026

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Tagged
, AKET Fund, Alfred Kobacker, bees, commodities, earth religion, economic thriving, Elizabeth Trimbach Fund, fossil fuel, General Assembly, glaciers, Green Party, House of Lords, human freedom, indigenous knowledge, minerals, mountains, National Geographic Society, nature, oil, Panama, progress, rivers, timber, trees, United Nations, waves}

Nature Rights — Now Coming to the United Nations

_{Wesley J. Smith
September 30, 2026

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism

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The potential harm to human thriving and to our self-perception as an exceptional species cannot be overstated. Read More ›

low angle view of scientists holding various test tubes

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
September 15, 2026

Categories
Political Science
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, democratic institutions, economic growth, health, ideology, income, inequality, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, International Panel on Inequality, moral values, Nature (journal), policy issues, political science, scientists, social mobility, technocracy, technocratic rule, United Nations, wealth}

Top Science Journal Would Empower Scientists to Rule on Income and Wealth

_{Wesley J. Smith
September 15, 2026

Political Science, Scientific Reasoning

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Reframing subjective policy issues as questions of objective “science” makes it easier to justify relying on “experts” for policy answers. Read More ›

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Author
Charles Thaxton

Date
July 2, 2026

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Legal Science (jurisprudence)
Tagged
, apes, bacteria, Bertrand Russell, Bible, California, carbon, Center for Science and Culture, chauvinism, consciousness, Declaration of Human Rights, Declaration of Independence, DNA, dolphins, endowed by our creator, human rights, John Lilly, John West, language, legal protection, Leon Kass, moral crisis, Science (journal), solar system, Thomas Jukes, United Nations, United States, Yale University, zoo}

On Our 250th Anniversary, There Is a Battle for America’s Soul

_{Charles Thaxton and Stephen C. Meyer
July 2, 2026

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Legal Science (jurisprudence)

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While some researchers have "personified" their apes, others have mechanized their concept of man. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
June 23, 2026

Categories
Cultural Anthropology
Zoology
Tagged
, AI bots, bugs, consumers, DuckDuckGo, Duke University, economists, fast food, food, food products, hypocrisy, insects, investment, Jeffrey A. Tucker, Nature (journal), nutrition, pasta, preference cascade, preference falsification, protein, protein bars, self-censorship, Sentient Media, Seth Millstein, social pressure, soldiers, Timur Kuran, United Nations}

To Be Honest, Most Humans Don’t Want Insect Burgers

_{Denyse O’Leary
June 23, 2026

Cultural Anthropology, Zoology

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What’s going on here may well be a case of preference falsification, a concept developed by Duke University economist Timur Kuran. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
August 7, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Human Exceptionalism
Tagged
, climate change, ecosystems, human beings, International Court of Justice, legal standing, nature rights, radical environmentalism, United Nations, World Economic Forum}

International Tribunals Grant Nature Rights, Restrict Energy

_{David Klinghoffer
August 7, 2025

Bioethics, Evolution, Human Exceptionalism

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The vaunted "international community" is going all-in on radical environmentalism. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
July 8, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Ecology
Evolution
Tagged
, Cambridge University, Ecuador, fauna, flora, geological features, humans, indigenous people, Judeo-Christian tradition, microbes, mountains, nature rights, neo-pagan mysticism, United Nations, volcanoes, Western civilization}

Earth-Religion Mysticism Permeates Academia

_{Wesley J. Smith
July 8, 2025

Bioethics, Ecology, Evolution

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The just cause of reasonably protecting nature has been co-opted into a radical international movement to subvert Western civilization. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
June 18, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Life Sciences
Tagged
, billionaires, China, environment, environmentalism, glaciers, heat, Homo sapiens, human exceptionalism, human rights, human uniqueness, humans, nature, nature rights, oceans, Oxford University, plastics, trees, United Nations}

UN Pushes Nature Rights

_{Wesley J. Smith
June 18, 2025

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism, Life Sciences

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The United Nations’ High Commissioner for Human Rights stated in a recent speech at Oxford University that nature rights are equivalent to human rights. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
May 13, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, abortion, advocacy, assisted suicide, bioethicists, bioethics, climate change, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), gender ideology, hospitals, medical school, medicine, patients, Paul Ramsey, policy, United Nations, utilitarianism}

Bioethics Becomes Just Another Social-Justice Political Movement

_{Wesley J. Smith
May 13, 2025

Bioethics, Medicine

4}

A new study illustrates how bioethics is not (and, indeed, never has been) an area of objective professional expertise. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
September 10, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, Anthony Fauci, euthanasia, experts, freedom, gender-affirming care, government, mastectomies, medical establishment, Nature (journal), organ harvesting, puberty blockers, public health, Racism, Science (journal), technocracy, The Lancet, The New England Journal of Medicine, United Nations, vaccine mandates, WHO}

For Your Own Good: The Looming Health Authoritarianism

_{Wesley J. Smith
September 10, 2024

Bioethics, Medicine

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If you want to see what is going to go wrong with society next, read the professional journals. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Witt

Date
May 29, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, aborigines, Africans, Alfred Russel Wallace, baboons, Caucasians, Charles Darwin, Europeans, fossil record, gorillas, history, HMS Beagle, humans, intelligence, John Stuart Mill, On the Origin of Species, Racism, Richard Weikart, species, stem, Texas, The Descent of Man, Tierra del Fuego, United Nations}

Darwin’s Racism of the Gaps

_{Jonathan Witt
May 29, 2024

Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology, Scientific Reasoning

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A defender of Darwinism might object that it’s silly to ding Darwin for his racism, since just about every white person in Victorian England was racist. Read More ›