In cloning, in contrast, reproduction is asexual - the cloned child is the product not of two but of one.

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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 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...

Even if certain rogue countries do things we wish nobody did, it doesn't necessarily mean...

Even if certain rogue countries do things we wish nobody did, it doesn't necessarily mean...

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 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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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?

In the case of abortion, one pits the life of the fetus against the interests...

In the case of abortion, one pits the life of the fetus against the interests...

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...

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...

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 human animal has evolved as a preeminently social animal.

The human animal has evolved as a preeminently social animal.

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...

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...

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.

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 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.