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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

Francis Collins Wants Purveyors of ‘False Information’ about COVID ‘Brought to Justice’

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November 19, 2021}

Francis Collins, the outgoing head of the NIH, is frustrated with Americans. He complains that we don’t trust science and believe in conspiracy theories. He also opposes free speech about public-health matters.

Elephants Are Better ‘Persons’ Than People!: Wesley J. Smith; November 18, 2021

Portugal Parliament Approves Euthanasia of Disabled Patients: Wesley J. Smith; November 17, 2021

Environmentalists Oppose Lithium Mining in Nevada: Wesley J. Smith; November 15, 2021

Assisted-Suicide Mendacity: Today’s ‘Strict Protections’ Become Tomorrow’s Unjust ‘Barriers’: Wesley J. Smith; November 13, 2021

Do Transgender Women Have a ‘Right to Gestate’?: Wesley J. Smith; November 8, 2021

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Podcast

Dr. Stephen C. Meyer on the ‘God Hypothesis’ and the materialists’ increasingly fringe rationales for life and the universe

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Wesley J. Smith
November 22, 2021}

In this episode of the Humanize podcast, Wesley interviews Stephen C. Meyer, Director of the Discovery Institute’s Center for Science and Culture, about his new book The Return of the God Hypothesis: Three Scientific Discoveries that Reveal the Mind Behind the Universe.

Dr. David Prentice on the Ethics of Science, Stem Cell Therapies, and Biotechnology

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Wesley J. Smith
November 15, 2021}

It has been said that the 21st Century is the century of biotechnology. And that has certainly proved to be true. From embryonic stem cell research, human cloning, adult stem cell therapies, gene editing of babies, and research that blends human and animal DNA into a single organism, biotechnology offers both hope of great scientific advances to alleviate human diseases—and distinct ethical perils that would treat nascent human life as a thing to be molded like a clay pot.

Dr. Aaron Kheriaty on COVID vaccine mandates, conscience rights, and medical ethics

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Tom Shakely
November 8, 2021}

We live in a time in which coercion in public health policy threatens to corrupt medical ethics. Efforts to combat the pandemic acerbated this trend — for example, vaccine mandates — but it did not start with COVID. For years, the medical establishment has been at war with “medical conscience,” that is, pushing polices that would force doctors to participate Read More ›