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Tag: courts

Culture & Ethics IconCulture & Ethics
Wesley J. Smith
May 4, 2022, 4:27 PM

India High Court: Nature Is a “Living Being” with “Rights”

Nature-rights laws generally allow anyone who believes that nature’s “rights” are being violated to sue to prevent the violation and to seek redress.

Culture & Ethics IconCulture & Ethics
Wesley J. Smith
April 14, 2022, 9:41 AM

Ecuador’s Highest Court Grants Rights to Wild Animals

Nature rights apply to individual animals. And, one would assume, to be consistent, to individual plants, insects, water, and (what the hell) germs too.

Culture & Ethics IconCulture & Ethics
Wesley J. Smith
April 13, 2022, 1:56 PM

Nature Rights: A Lake in Florida Sues

For a certain class of journalists, practical concerns are of little consequence — or perhaps, just not as much fun to write about.

Culture & Ethics IconCulture & Ethics
Wesley J. Smith
December 20, 2020, 5:59 PM

Austrian Court Creates Right to Assisted Suicide

A bit ago, Germany’s high court created an absolute right to commit suicide and the concomitant right to have help in making oneself dead.

Intelligent Design IconIntelligent Design
David Klinghoffer
November 7, 2020, 7:17 AM

Michael Behe: Kafka in Dover, Pennsylvania

Behe concludes here, “Courts are not good places to discuss ideas.” Yet ID critics continue to cite the Dover case as scientific gospel.

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