There's an ancient tension between wanting to savor the world as it is and wanting to improve on the world as given.
I've been opposed to human cloning from the very beginning.
The benefits of biomedical progress are obvious, clear, and powerful. The hazards are much less well appreciated.
The human animal has evolved as a preeminently social animal.
The technical is not just the machinery. The technical is a disposition to life.
My job is to provide the president with the richest possible consideration, so that he knows what is at stake in whatever decision he makes.