Even if certain rogue countries do things we wish nobody did, it doesn't necessarily mean that their foolishness should justify our following suit.

Quote by Leon Kass

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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.

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

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

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?

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.

The benefits of biomedical progress are obvious, clear, and powerful. The hazards are much less...

The benefits of biomedical progress are obvious, clear, and powerful. The hazards are much less...

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

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

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...

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...

Limits have to be set on how far one can simply use the... cleverness that...

Limits have to be set on how far one can simply use the... cleverness that...

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...

Cloning looks like a degrading of parenthood and a perversion of the right relation between...

Cloning looks like a degrading of parenthood and a perversion of the right relation between...

We may simply not be wise enough to do some of the kinds of engineering...

We may simply not be wise enough to do some of the kinds of engineering...

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...

Our only responsibility is to live our own life and take care of our own...

Our only responsibility is to live our own life and take care of our own...

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.

In cloning, in contrast, reproduction is asexual - the cloned child is the product not...

In cloning, in contrast, reproduction is asexual - the cloned child is the product not...

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.

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.

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...

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

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