bioethics

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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
Human Exceptionalism
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Bioethicist: “Queer the Genome” Through Same-Sex Reproduction

Wesley J. Smith
March 28, 2025
Human Exceptionalism
5
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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Center on Human Exceptionalism and Wesley J. Smith
March 13, 2025
Human Exceptionalism
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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
Human Exceptionalism
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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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Scientist holding a lab mouse, evaluating her condition prior to running some tests and inoculation the animal with a virus
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Wesley J. Smith
October 23, 2024
Human Exceptionalism
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We Can’t Let “Experts” Decide the Morality of Making “Humanized Animals”

Wesley J. Smith
October 23, 2024
Human Exceptionalism
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Bioethics is a utilitarianish social-political movement whose primary advocates are usually philosophers, lawyers, and/or doctors. Mainstream bioethicists (unless they have a modifier in front of the identifier, such as “Catholic”) generally push against human exceptionalism — a concept many view as “speciesism” — and promote Tower of Babel–like experiments that push us toward an almost-anything-goes research ethic. Read More ›
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A closeup of a scientist using AI to simulate climate change effects on a digital globe, suggesting environmental research, set against a softfocus background of a scientific institution, in clean look colors, enhanced by a sharpened banner
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Wesley J. Smith
August 12, 2024
Human Exceptionalism
5

Blessed Are the Peacemakers, for They Shall Be Called Bioethicists

Wesley J. Smith
August 12, 2024
Human Exceptionalism
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Reinforcing my earlier point, the Hastings Center has now published an utterly naive article advocating that war itself be transformed into a bioethics issue. True to form in the field, the authors propose six bioethical "principles" to apply to considering whether potential combatants should resort to war or make "wiser choices." Read More ›
Medical Science Laboratory with Team of Microbiology Scientists Have Meeting
Medical Science Laboratory with Team of Microbiology Scientists Have Meeting
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Wesley J. Smith
April 29, 2024
Human Exceptionalism
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Bioethicists Want to Rule the World!

Wesley J. Smith
April 29, 2024
Human Exceptionalism
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Bioethics has always been about granting "experts" in the field tremendous influence over public policy. And now, one of the most prominent practitioners in the field — the president and CEO of the Hastings Center Report, a prestigious bioethics journal — has urged that bioethicists expand their "expert" advocacy to issues of "global" importance. Read More ›
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Wesley J. Smith
April 13, 2024
Human Exceptionalism
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A Market in Human Kidneys Is a Bad Idea

Wesley J. Smith
April 13, 2024
Human Exceptionalism
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It is sometimes said that desperate circumstances require desperate measures. But desperation can also lead to the exploitation of the vulnerable. Such would be the case if we created a market in live-donation human kidneys. Read More ›