It seems to me that a kind of thinking which is not technocratic has an opportunity for a renaissance in this country.

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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.

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

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

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...