Tag: Wesley J. Smith (on human exceptionalism)

^{Type
post

Wesley J. Smith
Date
October 17, 2023

Categorized
Human exceptionalism

Tagged
bioethics, Human exceptionalism, Wesley J. Smith (on human exceptionalism)}

Humans Are More Important Than Pigs

_{Mainstream bioethics has long sought to deconstruct human exceptionalism by claiming that species membership is irrelevant to moral worth.} _{Wesley J. Smith
October 17, 2023

4

Human exceptionalism}

The lives of human beings are unquantifiably more important than those of pigs.

Humanity is Not a Terminal Illness

_{Anti-humanism has been part of the environmentalist movement for decades} _{Wesley J. Smith
August 16, 2023

4

Environment, Human exceptionalism}

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

Prof: We Shouldn’t Necessarily Value Humans Over Other Animals

_{New York University environmentalism prof Jeff Sebo argues that humans are not always rational and that some animals display mental qualities so we aren’t exceptional} _{Denyse O'Leary
May 22, 2022

5

Environment, Ethics, Philosophy of Mind}

New York University environmentalism prof Jeff Sebo, co-author of Chimpanzee Rights (2018), sees human exceptionalism (the idea that there is something unique about human beings) as a danger to humans and other life forms. He does not think that we should necessarily prioritize humans over animals: Most humans take this idea of human exceptionalism for granted. And it makes sense that we do, since we benefit from the notion that we matter more than other animals. But this statement is still worth critically assessing. Can we really justify the idea that some lives carry more ethical weight than others in general, and that human lives carry more ethical weight than nonhuman lives in particular? And even if so, does it Read More ›