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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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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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 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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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?

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...