This Blog considers assisted suicide/euthanasia, bioethics, human cloning, biotechnology, radical environmentalism, and the dangers of animal rights/liberation. My views expressed here, as in my books and other writings, reflect my understanding that the philosophy of human exceptionalism is the bedrock of universal human rights. Or, to put it another way: human life matters. (The opinions expressed here are my own and not necessarily those of any organization with which I am affiliated.)
Jesse Jackson has publicly urged that Terri Schiavo be allowed to live. Ralph Nader, Jesse Jackson, unanimous consent of the United States Senate, half the Democratic Caucus in the House of Representatives. Clearly: This isn't a right versus left controversy, this is a matter of casting aside human rights in favor of dehumaninization.
posted by Wesley J. Smith @ 5:08 PM
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I am a Senior Fellow in Human Rights and Bioethics at the Discovery Institute and the author of 12 books, including A Rat Is A Pig Is A Dog Is A Boy, which is relevant to the issues considered by this blog.
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Thank you both for your comments. James, I like your comment about if 1 person = zero, what are the rest of us worth?
Cynthia: Everyone must be considered fully human, as is your son, otherwise, none of us will remain human. You are right: This isn't a partisan issue or a matter of left versus right. It is a human rights issue of the most profound import.
It is most definitely a human rights issue and it is not confined to Florida USA. No matter where we live, and I am from Sydney Australia, we need to have a voice and stand up against such a violation of human rights.
There is no room for partisanship when it comes to taking a person's human rights away. One of the things that bothered me about the decisions by Whittemore, when he denied the Schindler petitions, is that he quite literally refused to accept that Terri was a human being who deserved to have a voice, as advocated by her real family against her husband who wanted her dead.
I would expect that people on the liberal side of politics, the ones who think that chickens kept in chicken coops feel pain and therefore must be released, should have recognized that Terri's plight was the same as what they perceived to be the plight of chickens.
As a result of my own activity I have met some wonderful people who are of a liberal bent. These people have been working very hard to ensure that there will be justice for the Schindler family. These people keep me anchored and they help me to remain firmly committed to ensuring that we combat successfully the Culture of Death.
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