human dignity

^{Wesley J. Smith
March 21, 2024
Human Exceptionalism}

Euthanasia Poisons People and Societies

_{Wesley J. Smith
March 21, 2024
Human Exceptionalism}

Most of the media report on euthanasia in the glowing, uncritical language of empowered patients "dying peacefully on their own terms." In contrast, euthanasia abuses and horror stories—an ever-growing list—generally receive little focused media attention and remain outside the notice of people not engaged with the issue. Read More ›

Portrait of beautiful peacock with feathers out

^{Ann Gauger and Jay W. Richards
May 8, 2023}

God’s Grandeur: Ann Gauger on Beauty, Intelligibility, and Human Uniqueness

_{Ann Gauger and Jay W. Richards
May 8, 2023}

^{Wesley J. Smith
September 27, 2022
Human Exceptionalism}

Composting the Dead Devalues the Importance of the Living

_{Wesley J. Smith
September 27, 2022
Human Exceptionalism}

Starting in 2027, California will allow composting of the dead. Known officially as “natural organic reduction (NOR),” this novel final disposition process transforms the deceased’s body into soil to spread on gardens or in which to plant flowers or a tree. Read More ›

^{Robert J. Marks II
February 25, 2022}

Discussing Consciousness and the Mind-Body Problem

_{Robert J. Marks II
February 25, 2022}

What does it even mean to be aware of something, to be conscious? Why do the vast majority of people only have one consciousness? Will computers ever experience consciousness? On this Bingecast, Dr. Robert J. Marks and Dr. Angus Menuge discuss these questions and more. Read More ›

^{Wesley J. Smith
October 20, 2021
Human Exceptionalism}

The Rights of Nature: Saving the Planet or Harmful to Humanity?

_{Wesley J. Smith
October 20, 2021
Human Exceptionalism}

Discovery Institute Senior Fellow Wesley J. Smith participated in a debate hosted by Gonzaga University with a leading proponent of the nature rights movement, Thomas Linzey. Read More ›

^{Wesley J. Smith
July 6, 2021
Economics, Human Exceptionalism}

A Tale of Two Cities

_{Wesley J. Smith
July 6, 2021
Economics, Human Exceptionalism}

We hear much about individual “rights” these days, but very little about personal responsibilities. That’s untenable. Our freedom to exercise the former cannot long exist without accepting our duty to fulfill the latter. Read More ›

Measure fever in elderly people in the nursing home because of Covid-19 and Coronavirus epidemic

^{Tom Shakely
May 15, 2020
Human Exceptionalism}

What If We Ignored Those Most Vulnerable to COVID-19?

_{Tom Shakely
May 15, 2020
Human Exceptionalism}

^{Wesley J. Smith
November 1, 2013
Human Exceptionalism}

The V-Word Is as Bad as the N-Word

_{Wesley J. Smith
November 1, 2013
Human Exceptionalism}

Using the word “vegetable” to describe people with a cognitive disability or impairment is profoundly dehumanizing. Read More ›

^{Wesley J. Smith
May 27, 1997
Human Exceptionalism}

Forced Exit

_{Wesley J. Smith
May 27, 1997
Human Exceptionalism}

Bioethicist and Senior Discovery Institute Fellow Wesley J. Smith pierces the emotionalism, fear mongering, and euphemisms that are the standard fare of the assisted suicide movement to expose its attempt to strip the sick and disabled of their dignity. Far from a compassionate answer to suffering, assisted suicide is a new form of oppression. Forced Exit offers chilling evidence of Read More ›