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

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

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...

One could look over the past century and ask oneself, has the increased longevity been...

One could look over the past century and ask oneself, has the increased longevity been...

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.

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...

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 so-called right to reproduce is not an unlimited right.

The so-called right to reproduce is not an unlimited right.

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

There's an ancient tension between wanting to savor the world as it is and wanting...

There's an ancient tension between wanting to savor the world as it is and wanting...

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 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.

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 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.

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...

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...

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

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