All Posts Tagged With: "Leon-Kass"
Does God Want Us to Genetically Improve Our Children?
Hold onto your socks, it’s time to think calmly about a topic that quickly, and sometimes frighteningly, blurs the line between science and science fiction: directed evolution — altering our genetic makeup in ways that can be passed down to future generations.
Want to hear the scary part first? Consider that in a matter of years, [...]
Waiting for Baby vs. Waiting for Death: Reflecting on End-of-Life Ethics
Should dying Americans have the legal right to end their lives with help from their doctors? In Oregon, they have already had the right for the last ten years, since the state passed its “Death with Dignity Act,” after great controversy, in 1997.
Last week the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life hosted a polite [...]