Books
Beyond Biology
– Review of Brave New Worlds: Staying Human in the Genetic Future by Bryan Appleyard, The New York Times Book Review, August 23, 1998.Excerpt: During the decades after World War II, two powerfully disturbing novels captured the imagination of those of us who were apprehensive about the human future: George Orwell’s… More
Why We Should Ban the Cloning of Human Beings
– Texas Review of Law & Politics 4(1): 41-49, Fall 1999.Excerpt: “To clone or not to clone a human being” is no longer a fanciful question. Success in cloning first sheep, then cows, and most recently, great success in cloning mice… More
Aldous Huxley Brave New World (1932)
– First Things, March 2000.Excerpt: The urgency of the great political struggles of the twentieth century, successfully waged against totalitarianisms first right and then left, seems to have blinded many people to a… More
Preventing a Brave New World: Why We Should Ban Human Cloning Now
– The New Republic, May 21, 2001.Excerpt: The urgency of the great political struggles of the twentieth century, successfully waged against totalitarianisms first right and then left, seems to have blinded many people to a… More
Brave New Biology: The Challenge for Human Dignity
– London: The Institute of United States Studies, 2002.Excerpt: The urgency of the great political struggles of the twentieth century and the new global struggle against terrorism and fanaticism seems to have blinded many people to a deep truth… More
Defending Dignity
– Christianity Today, May 23, 2002.Excerpt: Condensed from an interview with Leon Kass, head of President Bush’s Advisory Council on Bioethics, and a fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. The interview was… More
Book Discussion on Life, Liberty, and the Defense of Dignity
– CSPAN, October 25, 2002.Professor Leon Kass discussed his book Life, Liberty and the Defense of Dignity: The Challenge for Bioethics, published by Encounter Books, at the Commonwealth Club of… More
The Age of Genetic Technology Arrives
– American Spectator, November-December 2002.Excerpt: As one contemplates the current and projected state of genetic knowledge and technology, one is astonished by how far we have come…
The Meaning of Life in the Laboratory
– Public Interest 146: Winter 2002.Excerpt: The readers of Aldous Huxley’s novel, like the inhabitants of the society it depicts, enter into the Brave New World through “a squat gray building … the Central London… More
How Brave a New World?
– 2007 Convocation Address, St. John’s College, Annapolis, Maryland. Reprinted in Society 45 (1): 5-8 (February 2008).Excerpt: Surveying the world you graduates are about to enter, I am reminded of the ancient Chinese curse: “May you live in interesting times.” My own time has been interesting… More
Biotechnology and Our Human Future: Some General Reflections
– In Sean D. Sutton, ed., Biotechnology, Our Future as Human Beings and Citizens, SUNY Series in Philosophy and Biology (Albany, NY: SUNY Press, 2009), 9-30.Keeping Life Human: Biology and Human Dignity
– Seminar, Princeton University, September 2010.Essays
Beyond Biology
– Review of Brave New Worlds: Staying Human in the Genetic Future by Bryan Appleyard, The New York Times Book Review, August 23, 1998.Excerpt: During the decades after World War II, two powerfully disturbing novels captured the imagination of those of us who were apprehensive about the human future: George Orwell’s… More
Why We Should Ban the Cloning of Human Beings
– Texas Review of Law & Politics 4(1): 41-49, Fall 1999.Excerpt: “To clone or not to clone a human being” is no longer a fanciful question. Success in cloning first sheep, then cows, and most recently, great success in cloning mice… More
Aldous Huxley Brave New World (1932)
– First Things, March 2000.Excerpt: The urgency of the great political struggles of the twentieth century, successfully waged against totalitarianisms first right and then left, seems to have blinded many people to a… More
Preventing a Brave New World: Why We Should Ban Human Cloning Now
– The New Republic, May 21, 2001.Excerpt: The urgency of the great political struggles of the twentieth century, successfully waged against totalitarianisms first right and then left, seems to have blinded many people to a… More
Brave New Biology: The Challenge for Human Dignity
– London: The Institute of United States Studies, 2002.Excerpt: The urgency of the great political struggles of the twentieth century and the new global struggle against terrorism and fanaticism seems to have blinded many people to a deep truth… More
Defending Dignity
– Christianity Today, May 23, 2002.Excerpt: Condensed from an interview with Leon Kass, head of President Bush’s Advisory Council on Bioethics, and a fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. The interview was… More
Book Discussion on Life, Liberty, and the Defense of Dignity
– CSPAN, October 25, 2002.Professor Leon Kass discussed his book Life, Liberty and the Defense of Dignity: The Challenge for Bioethics, published by Encounter Books, at the Commonwealth Club of… More
The Age of Genetic Technology Arrives
– American Spectator, November-December 2002.Excerpt: As one contemplates the current and projected state of genetic knowledge and technology, one is astonished by how far we have come…
The Meaning of Life in the Laboratory
– Public Interest 146: Winter 2002.Excerpt: The readers of Aldous Huxley’s novel, like the inhabitants of the society it depicts, enter into the Brave New World through “a squat gray building … the Central London… More
How Brave a New World?
– 2007 Convocation Address, St. John’s College, Annapolis, Maryland. Reprinted in Society 45 (1): 5-8 (February 2008).Excerpt: Surveying the world you graduates are about to enter, I am reminded of the ancient Chinese curse: “May you live in interesting times.” My own time has been interesting… More
Biotechnology and Our Human Future: Some General Reflections
– In Sean D. Sutton, ed., Biotechnology, Our Future as Human Beings and Citizens, SUNY Series in Philosophy and Biology (Albany, NY: SUNY Press, 2009), 9-30.Keeping Life Human: Biology and Human Dignity
– Seminar, Princeton University, September 2010.Commentary
Beyond Biology
– Review of Brave New Worlds: Staying Human in the Genetic Future by Bryan Appleyard, The New York Times Book Review, August 23, 1998.Excerpt: During the decades after World War II, two powerfully disturbing novels captured the imagination of those of us who were apprehensive about the human future: George Orwell’s… More
Why We Should Ban the Cloning of Human Beings
– Texas Review of Law & Politics 4(1): 41-49, Fall 1999.Excerpt: “To clone or not to clone a human being” is no longer a fanciful question. Success in cloning first sheep, then cows, and most recently, great success in cloning mice… More
Aldous Huxley Brave New World (1932)
– First Things, March 2000.Excerpt: The urgency of the great political struggles of the twentieth century, successfully waged against totalitarianisms first right and then left, seems to have blinded many people to a… More
Preventing a Brave New World: Why We Should Ban Human Cloning Now
– The New Republic, May 21, 2001.Excerpt: The urgency of the great political struggles of the twentieth century, successfully waged against totalitarianisms first right and then left, seems to have blinded many people to a… More
Brave New Biology: The Challenge for Human Dignity
– London: The Institute of United States Studies, 2002.Excerpt: The urgency of the great political struggles of the twentieth century and the new global struggle against terrorism and fanaticism seems to have blinded many people to a deep truth… More
Defending Dignity
– Christianity Today, May 23, 2002.Excerpt: Condensed from an interview with Leon Kass, head of President Bush’s Advisory Council on Bioethics, and a fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. The interview was… More
Book Discussion on Life, Liberty, and the Defense of Dignity
– CSPAN, October 25, 2002.Professor Leon Kass discussed his book Life, Liberty and the Defense of Dignity: The Challenge for Bioethics, published by Encounter Books, at the Commonwealth Club of… More
The Age of Genetic Technology Arrives
– American Spectator, November-December 2002.Excerpt: As one contemplates the current and projected state of genetic knowledge and technology, one is astonished by how far we have come…
The Meaning of Life in the Laboratory
– Public Interest 146: Winter 2002.Excerpt: The readers of Aldous Huxley’s novel, like the inhabitants of the society it depicts, enter into the Brave New World through “a squat gray building … the Central London… More
How Brave a New World?
– 2007 Convocation Address, St. John’s College, Annapolis, Maryland. Reprinted in Society 45 (1): 5-8 (February 2008).Excerpt: Surveying the world you graduates are about to enter, I am reminded of the ancient Chinese curse: “May you live in interesting times.” My own time has been interesting… More
Biotechnology and Our Human Future: Some General Reflections
– In Sean D. Sutton, ed., Biotechnology, Our Future as Human Beings and Citizens, SUNY Series in Philosophy and Biology (Albany, NY: SUNY Press, 2009), 9-30.Keeping Life Human: Biology and Human Dignity
– Seminar, Princeton University, September 2010.Multimedia
Beyond Biology
– Review of Brave New Worlds: Staying Human in the Genetic Future by Bryan Appleyard, The New York Times Book Review, August 23, 1998.Excerpt: During the decades after World War II, two powerfully disturbing novels captured the imagination of those of us who were apprehensive about the human future: George Orwell’s… More
Why We Should Ban the Cloning of Human Beings
– Texas Review of Law & Politics 4(1): 41-49, Fall 1999.Excerpt: “To clone or not to clone a human being” is no longer a fanciful question. Success in cloning first sheep, then cows, and most recently, great success in cloning mice… More
Aldous Huxley Brave New World (1932)
– First Things, March 2000.Excerpt: The urgency of the great political struggles of the twentieth century, successfully waged against totalitarianisms first right and then left, seems to have blinded many people to a… More
Preventing a Brave New World: Why We Should Ban Human Cloning Now
– The New Republic, May 21, 2001.Excerpt: The urgency of the great political struggles of the twentieth century, successfully waged against totalitarianisms first right and then left, seems to have blinded many people to a… More
Brave New Biology: The Challenge for Human Dignity
– London: The Institute of United States Studies, 2002.Excerpt: The urgency of the great political struggles of the twentieth century and the new global struggle against terrorism and fanaticism seems to have blinded many people to a deep truth… More
Defending Dignity
– Christianity Today, May 23, 2002.Excerpt: Condensed from an interview with Leon Kass, head of President Bush’s Advisory Council on Bioethics, and a fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. The interview was… More
Book Discussion on Life, Liberty, and the Defense of Dignity
– CSPAN, October 25, 2002.Professor Leon Kass discussed his book Life, Liberty and the Defense of Dignity: The Challenge for Bioethics, published by Encounter Books, at the Commonwealth Club of… More
The Age of Genetic Technology Arrives
– American Spectator, November-December 2002.Excerpt: As one contemplates the current and projected state of genetic knowledge and technology, one is astonished by how far we have come…
The Meaning of Life in the Laboratory
– Public Interest 146: Winter 2002.Excerpt: The readers of Aldous Huxley’s novel, like the inhabitants of the society it depicts, enter into the Brave New World through “a squat gray building … the Central London… More
How Brave a New World?
– 2007 Convocation Address, St. John’s College, Annapolis, Maryland. Reprinted in Society 45 (1): 5-8 (February 2008).Excerpt: Surveying the world you graduates are about to enter, I am reminded of the ancient Chinese curse: “May you live in interesting times.” My own time has been interesting… More
Biotechnology and Our Human Future: Some General Reflections
– In Sean D. Sutton, ed., Biotechnology, Our Future as Human Beings and Citizens, SUNY Series in Philosophy and Biology (Albany, NY: SUNY Press, 2009), 9-30.Keeping Life Human: Biology and Human Dignity
– Seminar, Princeton University, September 2010.Teaching
Beyond Biology
– Review of Brave New Worlds: Staying Human in the Genetic Future by Bryan Appleyard, The New York Times Book Review, August 23, 1998.Excerpt: During the decades after World War II, two powerfully disturbing novels captured the imagination of those of us who were apprehensive about the human future: George Orwell’s… More
Why We Should Ban the Cloning of Human Beings
– Texas Review of Law & Politics 4(1): 41-49, Fall 1999.Excerpt: “To clone or not to clone a human being” is no longer a fanciful question. Success in cloning first sheep, then cows, and most recently, great success in cloning mice… More
Aldous Huxley Brave New World (1932)
– First Things, March 2000.Excerpt: The urgency of the great political struggles of the twentieth century, successfully waged against totalitarianisms first right and then left, seems to have blinded many people to a… More
Preventing a Brave New World: Why We Should Ban Human Cloning Now
– The New Republic, May 21, 2001.Excerpt: The urgency of the great political struggles of the twentieth century, successfully waged against totalitarianisms first right and then left, seems to have blinded many people to a… More
Brave New Biology: The Challenge for Human Dignity
– London: The Institute of United States Studies, 2002.Excerpt: The urgency of the great political struggles of the twentieth century and the new global struggle against terrorism and fanaticism seems to have blinded many people to a deep truth… More
Defending Dignity
– Christianity Today, May 23, 2002.Excerpt: Condensed from an interview with Leon Kass, head of President Bush’s Advisory Council on Bioethics, and a fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. The interview was… More
Book Discussion on Life, Liberty, and the Defense of Dignity
– CSPAN, October 25, 2002.Professor Leon Kass discussed his book Life, Liberty and the Defense of Dignity: The Challenge for Bioethics, published by Encounter Books, at the Commonwealth Club of… More
The Age of Genetic Technology Arrives
– American Spectator, November-December 2002.Excerpt: As one contemplates the current and projected state of genetic knowledge and technology, one is astonished by how far we have come…
The Meaning of Life in the Laboratory
– Public Interest 146: Winter 2002.Excerpt: The readers of Aldous Huxley’s novel, like the inhabitants of the society it depicts, enter into the Brave New World through “a squat gray building … the Central London… More
How Brave a New World?
– 2007 Convocation Address, St. John’s College, Annapolis, Maryland. Reprinted in Society 45 (1): 5-8 (February 2008).Excerpt: Surveying the world you graduates are about to enter, I am reminded of the ancient Chinese curse: “May you live in interesting times.” My own time has been interesting… More