Human Exceptionalism

Selection of traditional thanksgiving food - turkey, mashed patatoes, green beans, apple pie on rustic background

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November 22, 2020

Human Exceptionalism}

This Thanksgiving Is Time for a ‘Great National COVID Repentance’

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November 22, 2020

Human Exceptionalism}

The CDC has requested that we stay home for Thanksgiving. That’s a bitter pill. But to the CDC’s credit, it did not attempt to impose a legally enforceable travel ban. Rather, the agency treated Americans as adults capable of making appropriate decisions. Read More ›

Dripping reagent into test tube with liquid sample, closeup. Laboratory analysis

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November 10, 2020

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Pfizer Coronavirus Vaccine Not Created with Fetal Cells

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November 10, 2020

Human Exceptionalism}

The news that Pfizer’s vaccine is 90 percent effective has rocked the world. The company will be applying for an emergency FDA approval. Read More ›

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October 29, 2020

Artificial Intelligence, Human Exceptionalism}

Will Scientists Create a Conscious Human Brain in a Dish?

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October 29, 2020

Artificial Intelligence, Human Exceptionalism}

As society roils with COVID and the election, the biotechnological revolution rushes forward with scientists bound by few enforceable ethical boundaries. Read More ›

Handcuffed doctor. Medical crime concept, closeup

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October 14, 2020

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Ideology in Science is Destroying Trust

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October 14, 2020

Human Exceptionalism}

Science should never be tainted by ideology. After all, science isn’t supposed to be about political beliefs but is a powerful method for learning about and understanding the physical universe. Read More ›

desperate man in silhouette sitting on the bed with hands on head

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October 1, 2020

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Autonomy or Abandoning the Mentally Ill?

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October 1, 2020

Human Exceptionalism}

A U.K. woman with anorexia is in danger of starving to death and courts there will not allow force-feeding to save her life because she has decision-making capacity. Read More ›

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September 17, 2020

Human Exceptionalism}

Assisted Suicide is Never a Treatment for Mental Illness

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September 17, 2020

Human Exceptionalism}

Addressing the UK's All-Party Parliamentary Pro-Life Group, Discovery Institute Senior Fellow Wesley Smith said that activists and pressure groups often use fear, in particular fear-mongering on the difficulties of death, to push through their agenda. Read More ›

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July 6, 2020

Human Exceptionalism}

The Deadly “Quality of Life” Ethic

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July 6, 2020

Human Exceptionalism}

Something evil happened recently in Austin. Michael Hickson, a forty-six-year-old African-American man with quadriplegia and a serious brain injury, was refused treatment at St. David’s Hospital South Austin while ill with COVID-19. Read More ›