There is a lot of hype and fear about this much-talked-about prospect of designer babies.

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.

Once you put human life in human hands, you have started on a slippery slope that knows no boundaries.

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

If you have easy self-contentment, you might have a very, very cheap source of happiness.

Shallow are the souls that have forgotten how to shudder

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.