Center on Human Exceptionalism
This article, published by Avvenire, contains an interview with Discovery Institute Senior Fellow Wesley J. Smith: Wesley J. Smith is the author of numerous books, most notably “Culture of Death: The Assault on Medical Ethics in America”. Mr. Smith, a member of the Task Force on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide and also an advocate for Terri Schiavo and her family, Read More ›
Secondhand Smoke, the popular bioethics blog of Discovery Institute Senior Fellow Wesley J. Smith, is now being hosted by First Things, the distinguished journal of religion and culture. Secondhand Smoke, described by Smith as “Your 24/7 seminar on bioethics and the importance of being human,” was named a “Top Health Blog” by Wellsphere, and “One of the Fifty Best Business Read More ›
This article, published by LifeSiteNews, quotes Discovery Institute Senior Fellow Wesley J. Smith: A culture that seeks to escape suffering and inconvenience at all costs will end by eliminating not only pain, but by ending the lives of those suffering or whose condition burden their families, warned bioethicist Wesley J. Smith this weekend. The rest of the article can be Read More ›
This article, published by the Akron Beacon Journal, mentions Discovery Institute: That same year, the Discovery Institute, a group in Seattle, issued a report disputing the Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute report. Author William Pierce, the founding president of the National Council for Adoption, noted that the claims by the opposition couldn’t be proven, either. The rest of the article Read More ›
Scientists and political activists during the past century have drawn on Darwinian theory to promote one utopian crusade after another, including forced sterilization, scientific racism, euthanasia, and an ever-expanding government justified in the name of the “evolving Constitution.” The typical response of Darwinists to this record of coercive “Social Darwinism” is to deny that it has any genuine connection to Read More ›
When Aldous Huxley wrote his prophetic 1932 novel Brave New World, he envisioned a dystopian future in which mankind would become, in the words of bioethicist Leon Kass, “so dehumanized that he doesn’t even realize what has been lost.” Huxley believed we would evolve into a society steeped in radical hedonism—where drugs would be used to erase every negative emotion Read More ›
When Aldous Huxley wrote his prophetic 1932 novel, Brave New World, he envisioned a dystopian future in which mankind would become, in the words of bioethicist Leon Kass, “so dehumanized that he doesn’t even realize what has been lost.” Huxley believed we would evolve into a society steeped in radical hedonism — where drugs would be used to erase every Read More ›
This article, published by Crosswalk, quotes Discovery Institute Senior Fellow Wesley J. Smith: Ominously, Wesley J. Smith has documented the “growing utilitarian emphasis in medicine,” in which saving money increasingly takes precedence over “doing right by suffering patients.” The rest of the article can be found here.
From the moment President George W. Bush imposed federal funding restrictions on embryonic stem cell research, Big Biotech, patient advocacy groups, celebrities and the media have been obsessed with eviscerating the policy. Indeed, although the Bush administration funded about $175 million in grants for human embryonic stem cell research, and despite the literally billions poured into the field from public Read More ›
President Obama has often claimed that his administration will pursue policies designed to breach the cultural and political divides that rend our country. He has also promised to bring “transparency” to the principal actions of his administration. Unfortunately, the president violated both of these assurances in his recent executive order on embryonic stem-cell funding. The mainstream media—still obsessed with discrediting Read More ›
The media has been abuzz in recent days at the arrests of four people for allegedly assisting the suicide of Georgia man, John Celmer. The circumstances of Celmer’s tragic death cast an important light on the assisted suicide movement that is too often overlooked in the media: Celmer wasn’t dying. Indeed, he had been successfully treated for jaw and neck Read More ›
Imagine that you have lung cancer. It has been in remission, but tests show the cancer has returned and is likely to be terminal. Still, there is some hope. Chemotherapy could extend your life, if not save it. You ask to begin treatment. But you soon receive more devastating news. A letter from the government informs you that the cost Read More ›