Center on Human Exceptionalism

The mission of Discovery Institute’s Center on Human Exceptionalism is to affirm and uphold the intrinsic nature of human dignity, liberty, and equality. In resistance to a growing movement against unique human personhood, we aim to revitalize a commitment to the traditional Western view of human rights and human responsibilities — summed up by the term “human exceptionalism.” Read more

Humanize

Are Transplant Doctors Causing Brain Death?

Wesley J. Smith
September 30, 2022
A new and highly problematic means of obtaining organs is pushing the boundaries of the “dead donor rule,” which requires a vital organ donor to be truly dead before organs are retrieved. It also requires that no patient be killed for their organs.

‘Nature’ Gets a Seat on the Board

Wesley J. Smith
September 27, 2022

Composting the Dead Devalues the Importance of the Living

Wesley J. Smith
September 27, 2022

Assisted Suicide Implicated in Suicide Crisis

Wesley J. Smith
September 19, 2022

Progressivism Colonizes the Science Journals

Wesley J. Smith
August 31, 2022

‘Anything Goes’ Reproduction Gathers Steam

Wesley J. Smith
August 30, 2022

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Podcast

Ambassador Sam Brownback on the Threat to Religious Freedom in America 

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Jackson Meyer
September 26, 2022
With Western society becoming morally polyglot and secular, religious freedom is becoming a major political clash point, and in the United States, a central front in what is sometimes called the culture war. Proponents of robust religious freedom protections see the “free exercise” of religion guaranteed in the Constitution as the “First Liberty.” But others view the same issue as Read More ›

Dean Koontz on His Vocation as an Author, Art and Meaning in Life, and Human Exceptionalism

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Jackson Meyer
September 12, 2022
In episode one of the second season of Humanize, Wesley J. Smith’s guest is the internationally famous novelist Dean Koontz. Dean and Wesley discuss how he came to be an author, how life is filled with meaning, his art, the importance of human exceptionalism, the problem with transhumanism, and how Dean uses humor to further his plots and character development. Read More ›

Catherine Glenn Foster on Abortion and the Dawning of a Post-Roe America

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Tom Shakely
June 28, 2022
In 1973, nearly 50 years ago, the United States Supreme Court conjured a right to abortion in the Constitution, short-circuiting the democratic debate then ongoing in the states about whether to legalize pregnancy terminations, and if so, under what circumstances. Roe v Wade tore the country apart, launching the pro-life movement into national prominence, resulting in decades of committed democratic Read More ›

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