I was interviewed by Albert Mohler last week about human exceptionalism, Spain being poised to legalize the Great Ape Project, Ecuador and “nature rights,” PETA, and other matters. Mohler is the president of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and he comes to issues from a Christian perspective, while I analyze based on human equality and universal human rights. But whether one is religious, agnostic, or atheistic, basing our laws and morality on the intrinsic value of human life simply and merely because it is human is, I believe, the most important philosophical issue of our time.
To tune in, hit this link to the show and hit the play tab. My interview begins about five minutes into the show.
YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE
Notes on Anosmia
One morning several years ago, as my wife, Wendy, and I were having breakfast together, I had…
Empire of Unreality
Shiva Naipaul (1945–1985) was the author of three novels and two books of mordant dispatches from places…
The Dreadful Christ of Pär Lagerkvist
It’s dangerous to meet a god,” says the disgraced Pythia in Pär Lagerkvist’s The Sibyl. Her observation…
