Limits have to be set on how far one can simply use the... cleverness that we have to make changes.

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

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

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

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We are enmeshed in a lineage that came from somewhere and is going to make way for the next generation.

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In cloning, in contrast, reproduction is asexual - the cloned child is the product not of two but of one.

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Technological innovation is indeed important to economic growth and the enhancement of human possibilities.

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The technological way of thinking has infected even ethics, which is supposed to be thinking about the good.

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

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If one is seriously interested in preventing reproductive cloning, one must stop the process before it starts.

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