The technological way of thinking has infected even ethics, which is supposed to be thinking about the good.

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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.

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.

One should proceed with caution. We may simply not be wise enough to do some...

One should proceed with caution. We may simply not be wise enough to do some...

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 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...

My job is to provide the president with the richest possible consideration, so that he...

My job is to provide the president with the richest possible consideration, so that he...

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...

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 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...

The human animal has evolved as a preeminently social animal.

The human animal has evolved as a preeminently social animal.

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...

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

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

In the case of abortion, one pits the life of the fetus against the interests...

In the case of abortion, one pits the life of the fetus against the interests...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...