Category: Culture & Ethics
Distancing Darwin from Racism Is a Fool’s Errand
“Scholars have wasted their time trying to exonerate Darwin of responsibility for Social Darwinism, for he was a Social Darwinist.”
Smith: Personhood for Animals? What About Plants?
Bioethicist Wesley Smith examines the meaning of the term “personhood” and its implications for human rights.
Wesley Smith: An Anti-Human Movement
A good and worthwhile conservation movement is being corrupted, and this hurts humans, especially in the developing world and among marginalized groups.
From Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Advice for Intelligent Design Dissidents
Solzhenitsyn’s basic advice is simply not to participate with lies, and to refuse to speak what one does not believe. It’s unnervingly relevant counsel.
What Makes Humans Unique, and Why It Matters
“Universal human rights are at stake,” says Wesley Smith. “The intrinsic dignity of human life is at stake.”