December 1, 2010
Four years after Seattle Children’s hospital created a firestorm of controversy by stunting the growth of a profoundly disabled girl, a Seattle-based group studying the ethics of growth attenuation has decided the procedure is “morally permissible” under certain conditions. (Seattle … Read More
December 1, 2010
Humanity’s End is motivated by the conviction that the debate about human enhancement must move beyond the binary “yes, I love it; no, it’s evil†dialectic that has tended to dominate philosophical discussion up till now. When we focus on … Read More
December 1, 2010
Dolly the sheep has been reborn. Four clones have been made by the scientist behind the original research. The quads, which have been nicknamed ‘the Dollies’, are exact genetic copies of their predecessor, who was put down seven years ago. … Read More
