Western Michigan Medical Ethics Professor Has Plot to Secretly Spread Tick-Borne Disease, Inject Everyone With Drugs
Parker Crutchfield, a professor at Western Michigan University, advocates for covertly administering substances to enhance morality in society. He proposes spreading tick-borne diseases to promote vegetarianism, arguing that such measures should be taken without public knowledge. Crutchfield's controversial views raise ethical concerns about autonomy and consent in medical interventions.
- ▪Parker Crutchfield believes in covertly injecting people with substances to create a more moral society.
- ▪He argues that moral bioenhancement should be compulsory and administered without people's knowledge.
- ▪Crutchfield suggests spreading tick-borne alpha-gal syndrome to make people allergic to meat, which he deems morally wrong.
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| Publication time | Tue, 19 May 2026 02:43:52 +0000 |
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Academia often provides a veneer of legitimacy for people to say insane and evil things.That’s certainly the case for Parker Crutchfield, a professor at Western Michigan University’s medical school who teaches medical ethics.To put it simply, Crutchfield has an obsession with covertly injecting people with substances to create a more “moral” world — all in the name of the greater good.Yes, really. In his book, Moral Enhancement and the Public Good, Crutchfield argues, per the book’s description, “that everyone should be administered a substance that makes us better people.”He only wants the enlightened few of the world — himself among them — to know the world is being mind-controlled.The book’s description goes on to make clear that Crutchfield doesn’t want people to know they are being…
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