One should proceed with caution. We may simply not be wise enough to do some of the kinds of engineering things that people are talking about doing.

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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...

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...

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...

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.

Cloning represents a very clear, powerful, and immediate example in which we are in danger...

Cloning represents a very clear, powerful, and immediate example in which we are in danger...

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...

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.

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...

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.

I have nothing against respecting people who lived before, but we have no responsibility toward...

I have nothing against respecting people who lived before, but we have no responsibility toward...

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.

The human animal has evolved as a preeminently social animal.

The human animal has evolved as a preeminently social animal.

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 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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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.

Once you put human life in human hands, you have started on a slippery slope...

Once you put human life in human hands, you have started on a slippery slope...