02Dec 2024 by Post

Now It’s “Whale Rights”

animal standing, anti-Western ideology, conservation, courts, Culture & Ethics, emotionalism, indigenous wisdom, industrialization, Legal Cheek, legal person, legal standing, London, Michelle Bender, national defense, nature rights, Neuroscience & Mind, Ocean Vision Legal, Pacific Whale Fund, rights, River Thames, shipping, Simmons and Simmons, whale rights, whales, windmills
As often is the case in nature rights activism, “indigenous wisdom” is invoked as somehow superior to modern conservation. Source
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04Nov 2023 by Post

To Throttle Human Thriving Is the Point of “Nature Rights”

Culture & Ethics, Environmentalism, Fox River, geological features, guppies, human enterprise, human thriving, Lake Michigan, Life Sciences, Menominee River, Milwaukee County, Milwaukee River, misanthropy, mosquitoes, nature rights, pollution, regulations, rights, waterways, weeds
Granting “rights” to nature — including geological features — profoundly undermines the concept of “rights” itself. Source
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01Jun 2023 by Post

Should We Give Nature “Rights”? A Premier Science Journal Says Yes

algae, Culture & Ethics, duties, earthquake faults, ecosystem services, Evolution, experts, glaciers, human beings, ideologues, lawsuits, legal standing, legislatures, lion prides, Moon, nature, nature rights, oceans, ownership, right to evolve, rights, rock outcroppings, Science (journal), science journals, scientists, swamps, wokeness
The text is too long to present here, so I will give one example: the “right to evolve.” The authors note that “evolution” has many meanings. Source
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21Aug 2022 by Post

Pro-Abortion Absolutism and Its Consequences

abortion, Abortion Care Guideline, absolutists, after-birth abortion, bioethics, Christian florist, Colorado, embryonic stem cell research, embryos, ethcis, faith, fetus, Groningen protocol, human beings, Journal of Medical Ethics, Medicine, Netherlands, Peter Singer, pregnancy, public policy, rights, science, Second Amendment, The New England Journal of Medicine, unborn, Vermont, World Health Organization
Abortion absolutism is a radical departure from the once well-accepted idea that nascent human beings — at least at some level — deserve respect and protection. Source
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16Jun 2022 by Post

Court Rules Elephant Does Not Have Rights

activists, animal rights, animals, Bronx Zoo, Children, crime, Culture & Ethics, duties, elephants, Happy (elephant), human rights, humans, illness, immaturity, injury, judges, New York State, News Media, Nonhuman Rights Project, people, rights, slaves, sophistry, species barrier, women, writ of habeas corpus
I have written here several times about the attempt by the Nonhuman Rights Project (NHRP) to “break the species barrier.” Source
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