Brewing was an early application of biotechnology.
(Here is a brief outline of Michael J. Sandel‘s article, “The Case against Perfection.”) Continue reading Michael Sandel’s, “The Case against Perfection”
Category Archives: Bioethics
Summary of Michael Tooley’s, “Moral Status of Cloning Humans”
Many organisms, including aspen trees, reproduce by cloning.
Michael Tooley’s article “Moral Status of Cloning Humans” defends human cloning. Continue reading Summary of Michael Tooley’s, “Moral Status of Cloning Humans”
“The Morality of Killing Human Embryos”
Here are bullet points which summarize “The Morality of Killing Human Embryos” by the philosopher Bonnie Steinbock Continue reading “The Morality of Killing Human Embryos”
Leon Kass, “Beyond Therapy: Biotechnology and the Pursuit of Human Improvement”
Many organisms, including aspen trees, reproduce by cloning.
Of all the authors I’ve encountered during my 30-year university teaching career, none was more painful to read than Leon Kass. (The only exception would be the Christian apologist William Lane Craig.) Continue reading Leon Kass, “Beyond Therapy: Biotechnology and the Pursuit of Human Improvement”
“Stem Cells, Biotechnology, and Human Rights: Implications for a Posthuman Future”
Any reader of this blog knows that I am a transhumanist; I believe in using technology to overcome all human limitations. Continue reading “Stem Cells, Biotechnology, and Human Rights: Implications for a Posthuman Future”