Tag: utilitarianism

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Author
John G. West

Date
October 13, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, anatomy, Artur Świergiel, beauty, biochemistry, Darwinism, Dimenticare Darwin, Discovery Institute, Europe, Giuseppe Sermonti, Grzegorz Malec, Günter Bechly, intelligent design, Italy, Jonathan McLatchie, Jonathan Wells, Mauro Stenico, Nature, Norway, order, Øyvind Voie, paleontologists, physiology, Poland, Seattle, Umberto Fasol, United Kingdom, United States, utilitarianism, Venice, Vittorio Cocchi, Why Is a Fly Not a Horse?}

At Conference in Venice, Scientists Discuss Challenges to Darwin, Past and Future

_{John G. West
October 13, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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One of the highlights was a poignant talk by Italian biologist Umberto Fasol, who recounted how a seminal book challenging Darwinism had changed his life Read More ›

Male doctor holding female patient hand on the hospital bed.

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
September 10, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, animal testing, animals, Anthony Fauci, assisted suicide, bioethics, biopsies, blood draws, California, cancer, cures, euthanasia, HIV, human body, illness, Last Gift, life expectancy, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Nuremberg Code, organ farms, Peter Singer, San Diego County, spinal taps, terminal illness, tissue donation, UC San Diego, utilitarianism, viral disease, virus}

California Research Experiments on People with “Life-Shortening” Conditions

_{Wesley J. Smith
September 10, 2025

Bioethics, Medicine

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Human beings, regardless of how sick they are or how long they are expected to live, should never be considered less worthy of protection than are animals. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
May 13, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, abortion, advocacy, American Journal of Bioethics, 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

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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
August 11, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Ethics
Technology
Tagged
, Aldous Huxley, Bioscience, clones, egg, fertilization, human experimentation, human life, Israel, mice, mouse embryos, organ harvesting, skin cells, sperm, stem cells, synthetic embryos, The Guardian, unborn, uterus, utilitarianism}

About Those “Synthetic Embryos”

_{Wesley J. Smith
August 11, 2022

Bioethics, Ethics, Technology

4}

I have no problem with this work in mice. But the scientists want to take this technology into human experimentation. Read More ›

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Date
February 8, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Tagged
, Casey Luskin, Charles Darwin, Cornelius Hunter, creation, Darwinism, evolution, ID the Future, intelligent design, Judeo-Christian tradition, podcast, The Comprehensive Guide to Science and Faith, theistic evolution, utilitarianism}

Darwin’s Rhetorical Foundation of Sand: Theological Utilitarianism

_{Science and Culture
February 8, 2022

Evolution, Faith & Science

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Evolutionary theory, argued in the way that Darwin and many of his followers argue the case, is fundamentally theology-based. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
May 20, 2021

Categories
Biology
Cosmology
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, apologetics, atheism, BreakPoint, Down syndrome, ID the Future, intelligent design, James Tour, John Stonestreet, materialism, mistakes, New Atheists, Return of the God Hypothesis, Richard Dawkins, River Out of Eden, scientific evidence, Stephen Meyer, theism, unborn children, utilitarianism, William A. Dembski}

Stephen Meyer: The Evidence “Cries Out” for God, Not the Other Way Around

_{David Klinghoffer
May 20, 2021

Biology, Cosmology, Physical Sciences, Physics

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I have heard ID dismissed as “apologetics,” with the implication of proponents in search of evidence to support a conclusion to which they're pre-committed. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
May 19, 2021

Categories
Bioethics
Ethics
Human Exceptionalism
Tagged
, atheism, COVID-19, Down syndrome, eugenics, genocide, human life, Jim Crow, morality, Richard Dawkins, slavery, suffering, Twitter, utilitarianism}

Dawkins: “Wise and Sensible” to Abort Babies with Down Syndrome

_{Wesley J. Smith
May 19, 2021

Bioethics, Ethics, Human Exceptionalism

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I have rarely seen a more vivid illustration of the lethal consequences of utilitarian thinking. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
April 17, 2020

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, assisted suicide, Belgium, Canada, coronavirus, euthanasia, Germany, Groningen protocol, human experimentation, infanticide, Jack Kevorkian, MAiD, medical assistance in dying, Netherlands, organ donation, pediatricians, quadriplegia, utilitarianism}

The Jack Kevorkian Plague

_{Wesley J. Smith
April 17, 2020

Bioethics, Medicine

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The pathogen I mean is a cultural pandemic, the embrace of doctor-prescribed suicide and of administered homicide. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
March 20, 2020

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, Charles Camosy, coronavirus, disabled, discrimination, Down syndrome, elderly people, epidemic, Europe, healthcare, hospitals, Italians, New York Post, New York State, patients, physicians, quality of life, rationing, smoking, triage, utilitarianism}

No to “Quality of Life” Coronavirus Healthcare Rationing

_{Wesley J. Smith
March 20, 2020

Bioethics, Medicine

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In a world of bioethicists who primarily eschew the sanctity/equality of life ethic, Fordham University’s Charles Camosy is a refreshing ethicist worthy of the title. 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

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