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Marc D. Guerra
Life, Liberty, and the Defense of Human Dignity: The Challenge of Bioethics
From the February 2003 Print EditionLeon Kass has described himself as a strange man who writes strange and untimely books. Given the intellectual condition of the contemporary academy, this is by no means a bad thing. Trained professionally as a physician and biochemist, Kass has, without formal academic training, taught courses in . . . . Continue Reading »
Our Posthuman Future: Consequences of the Biotechnological Revolution
From the October 2002 Print EditionAs Mustapha Mond put it in Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World, whether human nature is fixed or fundamentally changeable makes “all the difference in the world.” Those who believe that human nature is unchanging generally also believe that human beings receive their distinctive form from either . . . . Continue Reading »
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