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human dignity

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family spending time together
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post
Author
Wesley J. Smith
Date
January 14, 2025
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Human Dignity
Human Exceptionalism
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Progressive Columnist Almost Embraces Sanctity of Human Life

Wesley J. Smith
January 14, 2025
Human Dignity, Human Exceptionalism

It is always good to see someone wrestling with truth. A progressive columnist in The Guardian writes about how she is coming to understand that human life has intrinsic dignity, but she doesn’t quite understand why. Still, something very important is stirring within her. From, “I Am a Rational Liberal, Yet a Question about the Sanctity of Life Floored Me,” by Sonia Sodha: Liberalism has much to offer, but there are risks in embracing it as an overarching political philosophy without a degree of humility about its shortcomings: its hollow silence over how to navigate knotty ethical issues where society needs some kind of shared understanding. This queasiness about morality means liberals sometimes look the other way when others smuggle Read More ›

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podcast
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Steven Buri
Date
June 17, 2024
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Steven J. Buri on the Pro-Human Mission of Discovery Institute

Steven J. Buri
June 17, 2024
For the last Humanize episode of the season, I thought it would be edifying to explore how Discovery Institute's institutional programs dovetail with the work of the Center on Human Exceptionalism. Who better to ask than our intrepid president, Steven J. Buri? Read More ›
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An empty hospital bed with dying flowers.
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post
Author
Wesley J. Smith
Date
March 21, 2024
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Euthanasia
Human Dignity
Suicide by Physician
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Euthanasia Poisons People and Societies

Wesley J. Smith
March 21, 2024
Euthanasia, Human Dignity, Suicide by Physician
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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Kitchen waste recycling in composter
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post
Author
Wesley J. Smith
Date
September 27, 2022
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Human Dignity
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Composting the Dead Devalues the Importance of the Living

Wesley J. Smith
September 27, 2022
Human Dignity
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 ›
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Elephant in the savannah, in Namibia, Africa, concept for traveling in Africa and Safari
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post
Author
Wesley J. Smith
Date
June 14, 2022
Categories
Animal Welfare
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Court Rules Elephant Does Not Have Rights

Wesley J. Smith
June 14, 2022
Animal Welfare
I have written here several times about the attempt by the Nonhuman Rights Project (NHRP) to “break the species barrier” by having animals declared “persons” entitled to enforceable rights. The first cases involved chimps. The latest attempt involved Happy the elephant, a denizen of the Bronx Zoo. Read More ›
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Group of pregnant women during fitness class
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post
Author
Wesley J. Smith
Date
September 29, 2021
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Transgenderism
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‘Bodies With Vaginas’ and the Woke Dehumanization of Women

Wesley J. Smith
September 29, 2021
Transgenderism
Suddenly, after decades of progress—indeed, when it is now deemed misogynistic to use once common descriptors such as “chicks” or “broads”—women are being reduced to crass identifiers generally related to their female body parts and/or biological functions. Read More ›
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Embryos frozen in liquid nitrogen for IVF procedure close up
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Author
Wesley J. Smith
Date
April 16, 2021
Categories
Genetic Manipulation
Human Dignity
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Scientists Make Human-Monkey Hybrid Embryos

Wesley J. Smith
April 16, 2021
Genetic Manipulation, Human Dignity
They said they wouldn’t do it, but of course they did. Scientists working in China — where else? — have constructed embryos that are part human and part monkey. Read More ›
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