I have nothing against respecting people who lived before, but we have no responsibility toward them.

The neuroscience area - which is absolutely in its infancy - is much more important than genetics.

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

Even if certain rogue countries do things we wish nobody did, it doesn't necessarily mean that their foolishness should justify our following suit.

The abortion controversy is important for what it says about our stance toward procreation and children altogether.

Human life without death would be something other than human; consciousness of mortality gives rise to out deepest longings and greatest accomplishments.

Many other countries have already banned human cloning, and there are efforts at the UN to make such a ban universal.