Human Exceptionalism

Center on Human Exceptionalism
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Wesley J. Smith
April 28, 2025
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Discovering Life Beyond Earth Would Demonstrate the Truth of Human Exceptionalism

Wesley J. Smith
April 28, 2025
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Science writer Matt Ridley has always had a reductionist view of the moral importance of human beings. He’s at it again in a piece about the likelihood that scientists will eventually find proof of life beyond this world. Ridley thinks that chances of such a momentous discovery are good. No argument there. But Ridley thinks that finding proof of such life would dent human exceptionalism. Read More ›
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Wesley J. Smith
April 15, 2025
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Wesley J. Smith’s Remarks at the Human Life Review’s 50th Anniversary Gala

Wesley J. Smith
April 15, 2025
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The Human Life Review held their 50th Anniversary Gala on November 13, 2024. Wesley J. Smith was invited to give tribute to Nat Hentoff and Rita Marker. Following are his remarks. Read More ›
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Statue of Liberty seen from Brooklyn on a cold, snowy and sunny winter's day
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Wesley J. Smith
April 9, 2025
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“Great Lakes and State Waters Bill of Rights” Legislation Introduced in New York

Wesley J. Smith
April 9, 2025
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A bill has been filed in New York that would grant rights to the Great Lakes and all waterways in the state. (A similar law was enacted previously in Toledo, forcing Ohio to pass preemptive legislation.) I have no idea whether it will pass — I would certainly hope not — but it illustrates the profound anti-development/free market agendas behind the entire nature-rights movement. Read More ›
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Close-up macro view of a single female ovum in a petri dish with a needle poised for IVF treatment symbolising life creation hope medical innovation fertility science precision and new beginnings
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Wesley J. Smith
March 28, 2025
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Bioethicist: “Queer the Genome” Through Same-Sex Reproduction

Wesley J. Smith
March 28, 2025
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The mainstream bioethics movement aims to destroy human exceptionalism and Judeo-Christian morality as the philosophical foundations of society. Toward that end, the academic discourse repeatedly revels in the transgressive as bioethicists take to the most influential journals to advocate destroying "natural limits" and maximizing concepts of personal autonomy that are destructive of social cohesion. Read More ›
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Wesley J. Smith
March 17, 2025
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Microbes Over People?

Wesley J. Smith
March 17, 2025
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Only a philosopher could claim seriously that humans owe significant moral duties to microbes. But NYU bioethicist Jeff Sebo delivers precisely that thesis in his new book The Moral Circle: Who Matters, What Matters, and Why (W.W. Norton, 192 pp.). Don’t look for a sanctity of human life argument here. Rather, Sebo takes readers on a step-by-step simplified course in moral philosophy. Read More ›
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March 13, 2025
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Wesley J. Smith Talks Human Exceptionalism on Family First New Zealand

Center on Human Exceptionalism and Wesley J. Smith
March 13, 2025
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Wesley J. Smith joined host Simon O’Connor on Family Matters, a show from Family First New Zealand, to discuss human exceptionalism. Together, they discuss what makes humans different from animals, the problem with mainstream bioethics today, why euthanasia is wrong, and more!

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Wesley J. Smith
March 12, 2025
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PETA Sues NIH for Violating Its “First Amendment Right” to Talk to Monkeys

Wesley J. Smith
March 12, 2025
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PETA is suing the NIH and the National Institute of Mental Health, claiming that the agency's refusal to allow them to receive closed-circuit monitoring of research monkeys and communicate directly with them violates the animal rights fanatics' First and Fifth Amendment rights. The irrationality begins in the complaint's first and second paragraphs when the complaint alleges PETA has a right to receive communications from "fellow primates" that are "willing speakers." Read More ›