Putting Infants “Down Like Dogs”

by Wesley J. Smith

Once we reject human exceptionalism, injustices like infanticide start to seem virtuous. Continue Reading »

21 Jul 2017

“Speciesism” Opens the Door to Bigotry

by Wesley J. Smith

Those who throw out accusations of “speciesism” seek to subvert human exceptionalism. Their framework should be rejected as a prescription for tyranny every time it is proposed. Continue Reading »

3 Mar 2017

Scientific Subversion

by Wesley J. Smith

Human exceptionalism was once considered a self-evident truth. No longer. For years, advocates for radical animal-rights agendas have sought to undermine the view of man as a species set apart.This isn’t really news. But some may be surprised to hear that many who work within the life sciences . . . . Continue Reading »

15 Apr 2016

More Radical Anti-Humanism/Environmentalism at the Movies

by Wesley J. Smith

I have warned before that the anti-humanism of Deep Ecology is seeping into the messages of A-List Hollywood films. In previous posts and articles, I pointed to two recent major movies, the remake of The Day the Earth Stood Still —in which an alien comes to earth to kill all humans, literally . . . . Continue Reading »

9 Jun 2009

Eugenic Sex Selection Abortions Coming to a Clinic Near You

by Wesley J. Smith

It is extremely ironic that the right to abortion has materially impacted the “right” to procreation.  The thinking appears to be along these lines: The right to terminate a pregnancy means that women also have the right to ensure that they only bear the kind of baby they want when . . . . Continue Reading »

8 Jun 2009

Coup de Culture Alert: Journal of Medical Ethics Author Tells Us to “Get Beyond the Welfare of the Child”

by Wesley J. Smith

I have long said that if you want to see why society is in such trouble, just check out the professional journals. This is particularly true of bioethics, in which many practitioners are growing increasingly radical, solipsistic, and eugenic in their outlook and advocacy.A new article in the Journal . . . . Continue Reading »

6 Jun 2009

My Upcoming Animal Rights Book Now Listed on Amazon

by Wesley J. Smith

The economy has slowed the release of my upcoming  book criticizing the animal rights movement, but it is moving forward.  It is now listed on Amazon.  The title comes from PETA’s Ingrid Newkirk’s most famous quote: A Rat is a Pig is a Dog is a Boy: The Human Cost of the . . . . Continue Reading »

3 Jun 2009

Anti Humanism’s Threat to the Environmental Movement

by Wesley J. Smith

Environmentalism is changing.  It once was a distinctly humanistic movement, pushing conservation as a way of ensuring prosperity to our posterity, cleanup of pollution, protecting of habitats and endangered species, etc.—all certainly human duties arising from human exceptionalism. . . . . Continue Reading »

3 Jun 2009

SHS Has Moved To First Things

by Wesley J. Smith

Well, the moving van has come and SHS is now ensconced in our new home at First Things. We still have a little unpacking to do. There will be a few bugs for a few days before everything is back to normal. But I am looking forward to an engaging experience.For new readers: Welcome. The first question . . . . Continue Reading »

24 May 2009

A Lesson in Deep Ecology

by Anne Barbeau Gardiner

Deep ecology, a movement launched by the Norwegian philosopher Arne Naess in 1972, may be contrasted to an environmentalism concerned with the depletion of resources and pollution. For one thing, deep ecology aims at nothing less than a fundamental change in religion, morality, and social . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Sep 2008