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March 21, 2024
Human Exceptionalism}

Euthanasia Poisons People and Societies

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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 ›

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March 18, 2024
Human Exceptionalism}

Politico Promotes a Suicide

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March 18, 2024
Human Exceptionalism}

Politico has published a long story about a big-time political consultant named Hal Malchow who is flying to Switzerland to become dead in one of the country's notorious suicide clinics. Read More ›

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October 30, 2023
Intelligent Design}

Frightening Abuses of Science: A Conversation with Wesley J. Smith

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October 30, 2023
Intelligent Design}

Experiments on the living unborn. Organ harvesting. Reckless biotech. Radical environmentalism. These are not horror stories playing at your local movie theater. They’re playing out in labs, hospitals, and institutes across America. On this episode of ID The Future, host Andrew McDiarmid speaks with bioethicist Wesley J. Smith about frightening abuses of science being done in the name of progress. 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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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 ›

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October 17, 2016
Discovery Institute, Human Exceptionalism}

First Child Dies Under Belgium’s Euthanasia Law

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October 17, 2016
Discovery Institute, Human Exceptionalism}

Writing at First Things, Senior Fellow Wesley J. Smith discusses the alarming first case of child euthanasia in Belgium. Belgium is the only country to have legalized physician-assisted suicide for children of any age. Read more from Wesley J. Smith at First Things.

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February 18, 2014
Human Exceptionalism}

The War on Humans

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February 18, 2014
Human Exceptionalism}

Are humans the enemy? Should pigs and peas have constitutional rights? The War on Humans is a 31-minute documentary that critiques growing efforts to disparage the value of humans in the name of saving the planet. The documentary investigates the views of anti-human activists who want to grant legal rights to animals, plants, and “Mother Earth,” and who want to reduce the human population by up to 90%. The video features Discovery Institute Senior Fellow Wesley J. Smith, author of a companion e-book with the same title.

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February 18, 2014
Human Exceptionalism}

The War on Humans

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February 18, 2014
Human Exceptionalism}

Are humans the enemy? Should pigs and peas have constitutional rights? The War on Humans is a 31-minute documentary that critiques growing efforts to disparage the value of humans in the name of saving the planet. The documentary investigates the views of anti-human activists who want to grant legal rights to animals, plants, and “Mother Earth,” and who want to Read More ›

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October 8, 2013
Human Exceptionalism}

Getting Ready for Russell Crowe as Noah? Check Out Wesley Smith’s The War on Humans

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October 8, 2013
Human Exceptionalism}

A trailer for the new documentary from the Discovery Institute: The War on Humans, and companion e-book now available at http://www.waronhumans.com

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December 27, 2010
Human Exceptionalism}

End-of-Life Decisions and the Bureaucracy

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December 27, 2010
Human Exceptionalism}

When I learned today that the federal bureaucracy had promulgated a rule compensating physicians for the time they spend counseling patients on end-of-life health-care decisions, I wasn’t surprised. A similar provision was dropped from the Obamacare bill, but anyone who understands the profoundly bureaucratic nature of contemporary government knew that that was not necessarily the end of it. The 2,700-page Read More ›