Tag: illness
“Anything Goes” Reproduction Gathers Steam
Medicine isn’t just about curing illness anymore. It is also a resource facilitating lifestyle enablement and the fulfillment of subjective personal desires.
Court Rules Elephant Does Not Have Rights
I have written here several times about the attempt by the Nonhuman Rights Project (NHRP) to “break the species barrier.”
Canadian Bill to Allow Euthanasia of Dementia Patients
If the patient resists, the killing is not supposed to take place. Right. As though the person would know what was happening.
Bioethicist Asks, “Does Birth Matter?” Answers, “No”
In our current episode of let’s-allow-baby-killing, an Australian bioethicist named Walter Veit comes to the defense of infanticide.
The Uses of Illness in Darwin’s Correspondence
Darwinian biographer Janet Browne notes how Darwin’s illness may have become a convenient excuse for avoiding certain activities.