In the case of abortion, one pits the life of the fetus against the interests of the pregnant woman.

Shallow are the souls that have forgotten how to shudder

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

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

Is it possible to covet a much longer life for one's self and be as devoted to the well-being of the next generation? It's a long argument.

Perhaps you could sympathize with those who seek to replace a dead child with a copy, or to copy a parent or a relative or even a celebrity.

I don't believe that efforts to prohibit only so-called reproductive cloning can be successful.