We know next to nothing of what we're going to know in 20 or 50 years. Leon Kass More Quotes by Leon Kass More Quotes From Leon Kass The technical is not just the machinery. The technical is a disposition to life. Leon Kass machinerydisposition Cloning represents a very clear, powerful, and immediate example in which we are in danger of turning procreation into manufacture. Leon Kass cloningpowerfulexample Once you put human life in human hands, you have started on a slippery slope that knows no boundaries. Leon Kass slippery-slopeboundarieshands Human life without death would be something other than human; consciousness of mortality gives rise to out deepest longings and greatest accomplishments. Leon Kass accomplishmentgivingreligion The benefits of biomedical progress are obvious, clear, and powerful. The hazards are much less well appreciated. Leon Kass hazardsprogresspowerful The technological way of thinking has infected even ethics, which is supposed to be thinking about the good. Leon Kass ethicswaythinking Almost everybody is enthusiastic about the promise of biotechnology to cure disease and to relieve suffering. Leon Kass diseasesufferingpromise There is a lot of hype and fear about this much-talked-about prospect of designer babies. Leon Kass hypeperspectivebaby Technological innovation is indeed important to economic growth and the enhancement of human possibilities. Leon Kass innovationgrowthimportant It's very hard to make arguments about the effects of cloning on family relations if family relations are in tatters. Leon Kass cloningargumentrelation I've been opposed to human cloning from the very beginning. Leon Kass human-cloningcloninghumans Cloning looks like a degrading of parenthood and a perversion of the right relation between parents and children. Leon Kass parentchildrenlooks The neuroscience area - which is absolutely in its infancy - is much more important than genetics. Leon Kass geneticsinfancy-isimportant I have nothing against respecting people who lived before, but we have no responsibility toward them. Leon Kass respectresponsibilitypeople But veteran lawmakers torn apart by PTSD don't have a choice about being Exhibit A in the case against Washington politics. When you see what can happen to a page or a junior congressman, it passes on in a very real way, not in a history-class sense, that reality of what political power really is, .. Who are we to impose this emotional albatross on public servants? As a nation, we pretend to elect our leaders. It seems unjust to make them a special class to suffer for our sins over wrongheaded laws, or pay a continuing emotional price for securing their future careers. Leon Kass emotionalrealclass 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. Leon Kass copiesparentchildren The human animal has evolved as a preeminently social animal. Leon Kass injusticesocialanimal Many people recognize that technology often comes with unintended and undesirable side effects. Leon Kass technologysidespeople In the case of abortion, one pits the life of the fetus against the interests of the pregnant woman. Leon Kass fetusabortionpregnancy Even if certain rogue countries do things we wish nobody did, it doesn't necessarily mean that their foolishness should justify our following suit. Leon Kass wishmeancountry
