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November 10, 2020
Human Exceptionalism}

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 ›

Older woman lying in hospital bed alone looking at the Christian crucifix asking for her healing.

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June 11, 2020
Human Exceptionalism}

Peter Singer Endorses Medical Discrimination Against Elderly in COVID Crisis

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June 11, 2020
Human Exceptionalism}

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June 9, 2020
Human Exceptionalism, Intelligent Design}

An Antidote to Despair

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June 9, 2020
Human Exceptionalism, Intelligent Design}

I am a biologist, a worker in a field with a sorrowful history of categorizing human beings by race, arranging them in a false hierarchy. Read More ›

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June 4, 2020
Human Exceptionalism, Intelligent Design}

Racism, Evolution, and Human Exceptionalism

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June 4, 2020
Human Exceptionalism, Intelligent Design}

Certain threads in the events of recent months suggest the hand of a skilled novelist. Read More ›

Black Lives Matter Protest in Auburn, WA

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June 3, 2020
Human Exceptionalism}

Racism Violates Human Exceptionalism

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June 3, 2020
Human Exceptionalism}

As the country mourns the awful killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, we should reflect on the importance of human exceptionalism in fighting the poison of bigotry in all its forms. Read More ›