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Peter Singer Has No Right to Judge Anyone’s Ethics

By Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC When I read that Peter Singer was going to sit in judgment of the ethics of meat eaters for the ridiculous “The Ethicist” feature of the NYT Magazine, I thought … Continue reading

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Bioethicists Don’t Have “The Answers” To Life’s Problems

By Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC So, which is it? Is ” mainstream bioethics” a “come let us reason together” learned discourse in which respected colleagues explore differing views and ethical outlooks, as some in the … Continue reading

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Drug Companies Should Be Stopped From Outsourcing Drug Testing Ethics

By Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC The human body and its constitutent parts are fast becoming among the world’s most valuable “natural resources.” Indeed, ounce for ounce, human eggs are probably the most expensive (now) commodity … Continue reading

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Break the Spiral of Silence

By Matthew Eppinette, CBC New Media Manager Chuck Colson today weighs in on Jennifer’s recent experience of being verbally mauled by a fertility specialist at a Canadian fertility conference. Sadly, Lahl’s experience is much more common than you would expect … Continue reading

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We Don’t Have a Moral Duty to Be Experimented Upon

By Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC I think many of the political and ethical arguments today, whether in bioethics, tax policy, or other issues roiling society–boil down to a fundamental dispute between what is meant by … Continue reading

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‘Till Alzheimer’s Do Us Part

By Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC Pat Robertson approves of seeing “other people” and/or divorcing a spouse with Alzheimer’s because it is a “kind of death.” From a 700 Club segment (first two minutes of clip) … Continue reading

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Projection Alert: Stem Cell Scientist Casts Moral Aspersion

By Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC Pro embryonic stem cell research scientists sure can get touchy about ethics. In fact, if you read what some of them write, you might conclude that they believe only scientists … Continue reading

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Utilitarian Moral Views Linked to Psychopathology!

By Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC This is funny. How often do we hear about studies claiming to demonstrate that liberals are smarter than conservatives, or conservatives live in a world dominated by fear: You know … Continue reading

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Rejecting “Right and Wrong” A Prescription for Allowing Great Evil

By Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC Bioethicist Joel Marks comments on his loss of religious belief and how it led to his eschewing the very concept of “right” and “wrong.” It is an interesting read for … Continue reading

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Teaching Character, Not Neuro Enhancements, Key to Ethical Society

By Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC There has been a lot of justifiable worry expressed about moral decay in the wake of the UK riots. Apparently, the issue has also been on the minds of two … Continue reading

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