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Beautiful autumn tree with mushrooms and moss in forest

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Author
Wesley J. Smith
Date
October 31, 2023

Categorized
Environment

Tagged
Environmentalism, Human rights, milwaukee, Nature Rights, wesley j smith}

The Anti-Human “Rights of Nature” Movement

_{Environmentalism is growing increasingly antii-human. Just look at what Milwaukee County did.} _{Wesley J. Smith

October 31, 2023

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Environment}

Environmentalism is growing increasingly anti-human. The “nature rights” movement epitomizes the misanthropy. If the suppose rights of Nature (with a capital N) were ever enforced legally–human thriving would be throttled by elevating the entire natural world to quasi-personhood status deserving — at minimum — equal consideration with humans. Moreover, nature rights laws generally allow anyone to sue to enforce nature’s supposed rights, which would mean that human enterprise would be subject to lawfare by the most extreme environmentalists. Milwaukee County has jumped on the bandwagon. From a formal “Resolution Supporting the Nature Rights Movement:” WHEREAS, major bodies of water within Milwaukee County, including the Menominee River, Milwaukee River, and Fox River as well as Lake Michigan, provide essential biodiversity and wildlife habitats; andWHEREAS, these Read More ›

diversity and inclusion hands of peace. women uniting for social justice

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Author
Wesley J. Smith
Date
August 16, 2023

Categorized
Environment, Human exceptionalism

Tagged
Anti-humanism, Canada, Environmentalism, green radical, Human exceptionalism, Slate, Wesley J. Smith (on human exceptionalism)}

Humanity is Not a Terminal Illness

_{Anti-humanism has been part of the environmentalist movement for decades} _{Wesley J. Smith

August 16, 2023

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Environment, Human exceptionalism}

Anti-humanism has become a hallmark of environmentalism. It is also becoming official government policy. Read More ›

Reflection of mountain range in lake, Grand Teton National Park

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Author
Wesley J. Smith
Date
May 31, 2023

Categorized
Panpsychism, Science

Tagged
Environmentalism, Human exceptionalism, Law, Nature, Nature Rights, Panpsychism, Politics, science, Wesley J. Smith}

Should We Give Nature “Rights”?

_{The nature rights movement is more ideological than rational} _{Wesley J. Smith

May 31, 2023

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Panpsychism, Science}

The major science journals are growing increasingly hard left politically. The prestigious journal Science, in particular, has swallowed progressive ideology–including supporting the “nature rights” movement. The rights of nature–which include geological features–are generally defined as the right to “exist, persist, maintain and regenerate its vital cycles, structure, functions and its processes in evolution.” Nature is, of course, not sentient. So, this campaign is really about granting environmental extremists legal standing to enforce their policy desires through litigation as legal guardians serving nature’s best interests. But the movement has a problem. It is clearly ideological rather than rational. So now, three law professors and a biologist writing in Science urge scientists to promote the agenda by giving courts a scientific pretext to enforce nature rights laws, or even, impose the Read More ›