Biology, meaning the science of all life, is a late notion.

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

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

Nobody knew in advance that in vitro fertilization would be, by and large, safe.

Nobody knew in advance that in vitro fertilization would be, by and large, safe.

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...

Almost everybody is enthusiastic about the promise of biotechnology to cure disease and to relieve...

Almost everybody is enthusiastic about the promise of biotechnology to cure disease and to relieve...

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...

My job is to provide the president with the richest possible consideration, so that he...

My job is to provide the president with the richest possible consideration, so that he...

There is a lot of hype and fear about this much-talked-about prospect of designer babies.

There is a lot of hype and fear about this much-talked-about prospect of designer babies.

We should never rush into folly just because other nations are practicing it.

We should never rush into folly just because other nations are practicing it.

If you have easy self-contentment, you might have a very, very cheap source of happiness.

If you have easy self-contentment, you might have a very, very cheap source of happiness.

Many people recognize that technology often comes with unintended and undesirable side effects.

Many people recognize that technology often comes with unintended and undesirable side effects.

As bad as it might be to destroy a creature made in God's image, it...

As bad as it might be to destroy a creature made in God's image, it...

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.

Cloning represents a very clear, powerful, and immediate example in which we are in danger...

Cloning represents a very clear, powerful, and immediate example in which we are in danger...

Genetics is crude, but neuroscience goes directly to work on the brain, and the mind...

Genetics is crude, but neuroscience goes directly to work on the brain, and the mind...

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?

It's very hard to make arguments about the effects of cloning on family relations if...

It's very hard to make arguments about the effects of cloning on family relations if...

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.

The technological way of thinking has infected even ethics, which is supposed to be thinking...

The technological way of thinking has infected even ethics, which is supposed to be thinking...

It's a short step from the belief that every child should be wanted to the...

It's a short step from the belief that every child should be wanted to the...

It seems to me that a kind of thinking which is not technocratic has an...

It seems to me that a kind of thinking which is not technocratic has an...