My job is to provide the president with the richest possible consideration, so that he knows what is at stake in whatever decision he makes.

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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...

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...

We are enmeshed in a lineage that came from somewhere and is going to make...

We are enmeshed in a lineage that came from somewhere and is going to make...

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.

Many other countries have already banned human cloning, and there are efforts at the UN...

Many other countries have already banned human cloning, and there are efforts at the UN...

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...

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...

It's a short step from the belief that every child should be wanted to the...

It's a short step from the belief that every child should be wanted to the...

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...

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...

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...

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.

If you have easy self-contentment, you might have a very, very cheap source of happiness.

If you have easy self-contentment, you might have a very, very cheap source of happiness.

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...

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.

The human animal has evolved as a preeminently social animal.

The human animal has evolved as a preeminently social animal.

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

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

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...