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Richard Weikart on Medicine’s Descent from Healing to Killing

Whether to legalize assisted suicide and euthanasia is one of the most culturally contentious — and important — public policy debates of our time. Supporters of legalization call it a compassionate “last resort” means of preventing unnecessary suffering and promoting autonomy. Opponents see the intentional ending of the lives of the ill as a profound abandonment and a path to Read More ›

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Amidst the breathtaking mountain landscape, a solitary figure stands atop a rock, gazing up at the twinkling stars in the vast night sky, mesmerized by the endless possibilities of the universe

Unalienable Rights, You Say? Why We Must Resist Yuval Harari’s “Scientific” Nihilism

Over the past few centuries, especially since the 18th-century Enlightenment, secularization has slowly eroded the Judeo-Christian sanctity-of-life ethic, as I document painstakingly in my book The Death of Humanity: And the Case for Life. As intellectuals and opinion leaders jettisoned the Christian religion, they also called into question many Christian values, including its prohibitions on suicide and euthanasia. Read More ›