What It Means to Be Human   /     Everyone Matters, No Matter What

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On this episode ofWhat It Means to Be Human, Discovery Institute senior fellow in human rights and bioethics Wesley J. Smith takes a look at what's behind the radical euthanasia movement. According to Smith,"Support for euthanasia can be seen as merely a symptom of the deeper illness of nihilism, a social cancer that has been gnawing steadily away at us for more than a century." How do we stem this terrible tide? By"embracing human exceptionalism and its corollary that each and every one of us matters --no matter what." Listen in and hear the charge for true compassion in our society.

Summary

On this episode of What It Means to Be Human, Discovery Institute senior fellow in human rights and bioethics Wesley J. Smith takes a look at what's behind the radical euthanasia movement. According to Smith,"Support for euthanasia can be seen as merely a symptom of the deeper illness of nihilism, a social cancer that has been gnawing steadily away at us for more than a century." How do we stem this terrible tide? By"embracing human exceptionalism and its corollary that each and every one of us matters -- no matter what." Listen in and hear the charge for true compassion in our society.

Subtitle
On this episode of What It Means to Be Human, Discovery Institute senior fellow in human rights a...
Duration
355
Publishing date
2010-02-09 19:48
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https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/bravenewbioethics/episodes/2010-02-09T11_48_39-08_00
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