We are somehow natured, not just to reproduce, but for sociality and even for culture.

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I don't like being forced to reduce my thoughts to sound bites.

I don't like being forced to reduce my thoughts to sound bites.

One should proceed with caution. We may simply not be wise enough to do some...

One should proceed with caution. We may simply not be wise enough to do some...

The abortion controversy is important for what it says about our stance toward procreation and...

The abortion controversy is important for what it says about our stance toward procreation and...

Once you put human life in human hands, you have started on a slippery slope...

Once you put human life in human hands, you have started on a slippery slope...

I've been opposed to human cloning from the very beginning.

I've been opposed to human cloning from the very beginning.

Many other countries have already banned human cloning, and there are efforts at the UN...

Many other countries have already banned human cloning, and there are efforts at the UN...

The human animal has evolved as a preeminently social animal.

The human animal has evolved as a preeminently social animal.

I don't believe that efforts to prohibit only so-called reproductive cloning can be successful.

I don't believe that efforts to prohibit only so-called reproductive cloning can be successful.

The neuroscience area - which is absolutely in its infancy - is much more important...

The neuroscience area - which is absolutely in its infancy - is much more important...

Is it possible to covet a much longer life for one's self and be as...

Is it possible to covet a much longer life for one's self and be as...

Perhaps you could sympathize with those who seek to replace a dead child with a...

Perhaps you could sympathize with those who seek to replace a dead child with a...

The technical is not just the machinery. The technical is a disposition to life.

The technical is not just the machinery. The technical is a disposition to life.

Sexuality itself means mortality - equally for both man and woman.

Sexuality itself means mortality - equally for both man and woman.

What does it mean to be an individual? What does it mean to flourish?

What does it mean to be an individual? What does it mean to flourish?

We know next to nothing of what we're going to know in 20 or 50...

We know next to nothing of what we're going to know in 20 or 50...

If one is seriously interested in preventing reproductive cloning, one must stop the process before...

If one is seriously interested in preventing reproductive cloning, one must stop the process before...

I have nothing against respecting people who lived before, but we have no responsibility toward...

I have nothing against respecting people who lived before, but we have no responsibility toward...

There were certain questions about the foundations of morals that advances in science all threaten...

There were certain questions about the foundations of morals that advances in science all threaten...

We owe our existence to our parents, but we actually didn't have a choice.

We owe our existence to our parents, but we actually didn't have a choice.

Technological innovation is indeed important to economic growth and the enhancement of human possibilities.

Technological innovation is indeed important to economic growth and the enhancement of human possibilities.