There's an ancient tension between wanting to savor the world as it is and wanting to improve on the world as given.

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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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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.

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 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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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

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

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...

Almost everybody is enthusiastic about the promise of biotechnology to cure disease and to relieve...

Almost everybody is enthusiastic about the promise of biotechnology to cure disease and to relieve...

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...

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...