Many other countries have already banned human cloning, and there are efforts at the UN to make such a ban universal.

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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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

The abortion controversy is important for what it says about our stance toward procreation and...

The abortion controversy is important for what it says about our stance toward procreation and...

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

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

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...

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.

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.

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...

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.

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

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

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...

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...

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.

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...