Soul Believer: In Defense of Human Exceptionalism

In this installment of BNB, Wesley J. Smith discusses the ongoing assault on human exceptionalism. Exceptionalism holds that human life is intrinsically unique and valuable, different from life as experienced by other organisms. Rising to challenge this idea is an array of figures including philosophers, academics, environmentalists, and materialists. Such people seek to erode any separation between humans and other species, and wipe away the idea that humans are beings with a soul. Smith warns that this trend could eradicate any foundation for human rights, and even pave the road toward classification of humans based on superiority and fitness.

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Soul Believer: In Defense of Human Exceptionalism is an episode from What It Means to Be Human by Wesley Smith.

This episode is 6:51 long.

This episode was published on Jul 17, 2007.

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