One could look over the past century and ask oneself, has the increased longevity been good, bad or indifferent?

Quote by Leon Kass

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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...

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...

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 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...

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.

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...

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.

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.

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...

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...

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

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

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.

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?

The human animal has evolved as a preeminently social animal.

The human animal has evolved as a preeminently social animal.

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 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.

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...

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

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

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

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

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...