The Detransition Diaries Book Release! February 2024
We live in unprecedented times, when what was known for thousands of years, that we are created...
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Tag: transhumanism
This Week in Bioethics #99
To mark the 99th issue of This Week in Bioethics I decided to make a video version to accompany the written version. Take a few minutes to watch it and let us know what you think. 1. Surrogacy Legislation Debate in New Jersey A...
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1. Maltese Political Party Rejects Euthanasia The Alternattiva Demokratika party of Malta has rejected euthanasia and assisted suicide, and instead is seeking to emphasize the importance of living wills and palliative care in...
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1. Welcome News from New York on Assisted Suicide The New York State Appellate Division has just issued a 36-page report stating there is no constitutional right to physician assisted suicide. In 1994, the New York State Task...
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1. Another Push for Physician Assisted Suicide in Colorado The Colorado state legislature is set...
Read MoreThe Human Body and the Death of Normalcy?
Regan Brashear has done us all a favor by directing and producing the documentary film Fixed: The...
Read MoreShould We Live Forever?
Later this week the FDA will meet with researchers to evaluate plans for a possible clinical trial...
Read MoreTop Ten Posts (#4) #TBT
We’re using #TBT (Throw Back Thursday) to count down the top ten all time most popular posts...
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Transhumanism’s Eugenic Authoritarianism
Transhumanism is selfish, all about me-me, I-I. Its goal is immortality for those currently alive,...
Read MoreTransumanism and the “Will to Evolve”
I am covering a conference on transhumanism and religion, about which I will write at some length elsewhere. For now, I have to say that my previous opinion of transhumanism as a materialistic religion–or perhaps better stated,...
Read MoreTime to Prevent Elderly From Living Too Long?
Bioethicist Founding Father Daniel Callahan has long supported death panel health care rationing based on age. He has now weighed in against spending a lot on research to delay the aging process. The transhumanists aren’t...
Read MoreRobots Will Never Be Conscious
A few years ago, I disagreed with Peter Singer’s assertion that a robot could be a person, complete with attendant rights — an argument with which he then took exception. Now, a Stanford publication illustrates one...
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