Tag: human rights
On Human and Animal Rights, the Twisted Course of Evolutionary “Philosophy”
Wesley Smith commented earlier on the struggle, via litigation by the Nonhuman Rights Project (NRP), to grant human-like “rights” to an elephant in the Bronx Zoo.
Here We Go Again: Suing for “Elephant Rights”
Our care and treatment of animals arise from human duties, not conjuring rights for animals out of ideological zeal.
Free Speech or “Better Speech”?
What Denyse O’Leary calls “well-intentioned nonsense” will protect no one that needs protecting.
The Drive to Obliterate “Medical Conscience”
An international effort seeks to transform abortion into a positive right, which would require the state to guarantee access.
We Hold These Truths to Be Self-Evident
On Independence Day, it’s appropriate to review the sources of our rights as citizens.