Humanize From Discovery Institute's Center on Human Exceptionalism
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Wesley J. Smith
Date August 7, 2024
Categorized Nature and Conservation Tagged , Aeon , animal rights , animal welfare , Climate Change , human exceptionalism , Michael Marder , national review , nature rights , nature rights movement , personhood , plant advocacy , plant behavior , plant intelligence , plant life , plant philosophy , Seeing Plants Anew , Wesley J. Smith , Western tradition , Western values
Wesley J. Smith
August 7, 2024
Nature and Conservation
Lately, as scientists unlock the complexity of plant biology, we are witnessing equivalent advocacy with regard to plants. The latest example of such radical anthropomorphizing comes to us in a long article just published in Aeon that discusses "plant philosophy." Read More ›
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Wesley J. Smith
Date October 5, 2022
Categorized Nature and Conservation Tagged , environmentalism , nature rights , personhood , rights of water
Wesley J. Smith
October 5, 2022
Nature and Conservation
The “nature rights” movement continues to spread — with little resistance because people don’t take it seriously. Read More ›
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Author
Wesley J. Smith
Date November 18, 2021
Categorized Animal Welfare Tagged , animal rights , animal welfare , elephants , human exceptionalism , personhood
Wesley J. Smith
November 18, 2021
Animal Welfare
If we lower ourselves from the unique species to just another animal in the forest, that is precisely how we will act. Read More ›
