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. Leon Kass More Quotes by Leon Kass More Quotes From Leon Kass Biology, meaning the science of all life, is a late notion. Leon Kass biologylatelife-is Our only responsibility is to live our own life and take care of our own children. Leon Kass careresponsibilitychildren Sexuality itself means mortality - equally for both man and woman. Leon Kass sexualitymenmean If one is seriously interested in preventing reproductive cloning, one must stop the process before it starts. Leon Kass reproductive-healthcloningprocess It's a short step from the belief that every child should be wanted to the belief that a child exists to satisfy our wants. Leon Kass wantstepschildren One could look over the past century and ask oneself, has the increased longevity been good, bad or indifferent? Leon Kass centurylookspast An enormous amount of direct advertising from pharmaceutical companies are offering a kind of instantaneous solution to problems. Leon Kass idahokindoffering As bad as it might be to destroy a creature made in God's image, it might be very much worse to be creating them after images of one's own. Leon Kass creatingmademight Many other countries have already banned human cloning, and there are efforts at the UN to make such a ban universal. Leon Kass cloningeffortcountry Shallow are the souls that have forgotten how to shudder Leon Kass shallowsoulforgotten There's an ancient tension between wanting to savor the world as it is and wanting to improve on the world as given. Leon Kass ancientgivenworld In cloning, in contrast, reproduction is asexual - the cloned child is the product not of two but of one. Leon Kass cloningtwochildren Genetics is crude, but neuroscience goes directly to work on the brain, and the mind follows. Leon Kass geneticsmindbrain The abortion controversy is important for what it says about our stance toward procreation and children altogether. Leon Kass abortionimportantchildren We know next to nothing of what we're going to know in 20 or 50 years. Leon Kass nextknowsyears We are somehow natured, not just to reproduce, but for sociality and even for culture. Leon Kass culture We are enmeshed in a lineage that came from somewhere and is going to make way for the next generation. Leon Kass nextgenerationsway The so-called right to reproduce is not an unlimited right. Leon Kass unlimited We owe our existence to our parents, but we actually didn't have a choice. Leon Kass existenceparentchoices 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. Leon Kass generationsselflong
