Wesley J. Smith

It’s been awhile since I checked on the latest anti humanism pitched by the transhumanism propagandist,  J. Hughes.   He has apparently decided that the usual buzz words used to promote the movement—the notion that we should “seize control of human evolution” . . . . Continue Reading »

The New York Times Magazine has a long and interesting article today about the moral life of babies.  The story’s main thesis, after establishing evidence for a rudimentary infant morality—such as babies preferring “good guy” puppets, I can’t do the evidence . . . . Continue Reading »

My first published piece arguing against assisted suicide appeared in Newsweek’s “My Turn” feature way back in 1993. Among other points, I warned that assisted suicide would one day be tied to organ transplantation “as a plum to society.”  This has been advocated . . . . Continue Reading »

I found the article about the Belgian euthanasia coupled with organ harvesting referenced in my critique yesterday of a bioethics journal article  urging that very approach.  The woman in question was not terminally ill, but in a “locked-in” state, that is, fully conscious and . . . . Continue Reading »

This isn’t the first time that coupling assisted suicide/euthanasia has been suggested as a potential concept, but it may be the first time it has been actively advocated.  Oxford bioethicists Julian Savulescu—for whom virtually anything goes—writing with Dominic Wilkinson . . . . Continue Reading »

The First Things fund raiser to help pay for the technical support it provides gratis to the several FT blogs, continues.  It is seeking to raise funds in a way that offers real value for the buck.  If you go to this link, you can subscribe to First Things magazine for only $19.95 a . . . . Continue Reading »

The problem is, this is what many animal rightists—and Piraro is one—really believe.  I remember, after writing an anti animal rights column for the San Francisco Chronicle, I received an e-mail (or perhaps it was a letter to the editor), claiming that even if a chimp wrote a . . . . Continue Reading »

The WE’RE ALL GOING TO DIE! hysteria pitched about global warming has so scared children, that a large percentage believe they will suffer an apocalyptic future.  Now, the HUMANS ARE KILLING THE PLANET! diatribe has added to the upset of mentally ill patients.  From the story:Global . . . . Continue Reading »

The First Things fund raiser to help pay for the technical support it provides gratis to the several FT blogs, continues.  It is seeking to raise funds in a way that offers real value for the buck.  If you go to this link, you can subscribe to First Things magazine for only $19.95 a . . . . Continue Reading »

The American Board of Anesthesiologists has determined that any member who participates in a legal execution faces expulsion. From the official notice:The majority of states in the United States authorize capital punishment, and nearly all states utilize lethal injection as the means of execution. . . . . Continue Reading »