Books
The Wisdom of Repugnance: Why We Should Ban the Cloning of Human Beings
– The New Republic, June 2, 1997.Excerpt: Our habit of delighting in news of scientific and technological breakthroughs has been sorely challenged by the birth announcement of a sheep named Dolly. Though Dolly shares with… More
The Ethics of Human Cloning
– With James Q. Wilson, American Enterprise Institute Press, June 1, 1998.Today biological science is rising on a wall of worry. No other science has advanced more dramatically during the past several decades or yielded so many palpable improvements in human… More
The Ethics of Human Cloning
– The American Enterprise, March 1, 1999.Social critics James Q. Wilson and Leon Kass debate the social, psychological and ethical ramifications of human cloning. Wilson supports limited cloning to two-parent heterosexual… 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
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
The Ethics of Cloning
– Testimony Before United States House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Crime, June 7, 2001.Excerpt: Mr. Chairman and Members of the Committee. My name is Leon Kass, and I am the Addie Clark Harding Professor in the Committee on Social Thought and the College at the University of… More
Human Cloning and Human Dignity: An Ethical Inquiry
– The President's Council on Bioethics, Washington, DC, July 2002.Excerpt: Man’s biotechnological powers are expanding in scope, at what seems an accelerating pace. Many of these powers are double-edged, offering help for human suffering, yet… More
The Meaning of the Gosnell Trial
– Sohrab Ahmari, Wall Street Journal, April 13, 2013.Excerpt: “As pain is to the body so repugnance is to the soul,” Dr. Kass says as we sit down for an interview in his book-lined office at the American Enterprise Institute,… More
Essays
The Wisdom of Repugnance: Why We Should Ban the Cloning of Human Beings
– The New Republic, June 2, 1997.Excerpt: Our habit of delighting in news of scientific and technological breakthroughs has been sorely challenged by the birth announcement of a sheep named Dolly. Though Dolly shares with… More
The Ethics of Human Cloning
– With James Q. Wilson, American Enterprise Institute Press, June 1, 1998.Today biological science is rising on a wall of worry. No other science has advanced more dramatically during the past several decades or yielded so many palpable improvements in human… More
The Ethics of Human Cloning
– The American Enterprise, March 1, 1999.Social critics James Q. Wilson and Leon Kass debate the social, psychological and ethical ramifications of human cloning. Wilson supports limited cloning to two-parent heterosexual… 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
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
The Ethics of Cloning
– Testimony Before United States House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Crime, June 7, 2001.Excerpt: Mr. Chairman and Members of the Committee. My name is Leon Kass, and I am the Addie Clark Harding Professor in the Committee on Social Thought and the College at the University of… More
Human Cloning and Human Dignity: An Ethical Inquiry
– The President's Council on Bioethics, Washington, DC, July 2002.Excerpt: Man’s biotechnological powers are expanding in scope, at what seems an accelerating pace. Many of these powers are double-edged, offering help for human suffering, yet… More
The Meaning of the Gosnell Trial
– Sohrab Ahmari, Wall Street Journal, April 13, 2013.Excerpt: “As pain is to the body so repugnance is to the soul,” Dr. Kass says as we sit down for an interview in his book-lined office at the American Enterprise Institute,… More
Commentary
The Wisdom of Repugnance: Why We Should Ban the Cloning of Human Beings
– The New Republic, June 2, 1997.Excerpt: Our habit of delighting in news of scientific and technological breakthroughs has been sorely challenged by the birth announcement of a sheep named Dolly. Though Dolly shares with… More
The Ethics of Human Cloning
– With James Q. Wilson, American Enterprise Institute Press, June 1, 1998.Today biological science is rising on a wall of worry. No other science has advanced more dramatically during the past several decades or yielded so many palpable improvements in human… More
The Ethics of Human Cloning
– The American Enterprise, March 1, 1999.Social critics James Q. Wilson and Leon Kass debate the social, psychological and ethical ramifications of human cloning. Wilson supports limited cloning to two-parent heterosexual… 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
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
The Ethics of Cloning
– Testimony Before United States House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Crime, June 7, 2001.Excerpt: Mr. Chairman and Members of the Committee. My name is Leon Kass, and I am the Addie Clark Harding Professor in the Committee on Social Thought and the College at the University of… More
Human Cloning and Human Dignity: An Ethical Inquiry
– The President's Council on Bioethics, Washington, DC, July 2002.Excerpt: Man’s biotechnological powers are expanding in scope, at what seems an accelerating pace. Many of these powers are double-edged, offering help for human suffering, yet… More
The Meaning of the Gosnell Trial
– Sohrab Ahmari, Wall Street Journal, April 13, 2013.Excerpt: “As pain is to the body so repugnance is to the soul,” Dr. Kass says as we sit down for an interview in his book-lined office at the American Enterprise Institute,… More
Multimedia
The Wisdom of Repugnance: Why We Should Ban the Cloning of Human Beings
– The New Republic, June 2, 1997.Excerpt: Our habit of delighting in news of scientific and technological breakthroughs has been sorely challenged by the birth announcement of a sheep named Dolly. Though Dolly shares with… More
The Ethics of Human Cloning
– With James Q. Wilson, American Enterprise Institute Press, June 1, 1998.Today biological science is rising on a wall of worry. No other science has advanced more dramatically during the past several decades or yielded so many palpable improvements in human… More
The Ethics of Human Cloning
– The American Enterprise, March 1, 1999.Social critics James Q. Wilson and Leon Kass debate the social, psychological and ethical ramifications of human cloning. Wilson supports limited cloning to two-parent heterosexual… 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
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
The Ethics of Cloning
– Testimony Before United States House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Crime, June 7, 2001.Excerpt: Mr. Chairman and Members of the Committee. My name is Leon Kass, and I am the Addie Clark Harding Professor in the Committee on Social Thought and the College at the University of… More
Human Cloning and Human Dignity: An Ethical Inquiry
– The President's Council on Bioethics, Washington, DC, July 2002.Excerpt: Man’s biotechnological powers are expanding in scope, at what seems an accelerating pace. Many of these powers are double-edged, offering help for human suffering, yet… More
The Meaning of the Gosnell Trial
– Sohrab Ahmari, Wall Street Journal, April 13, 2013.Excerpt: “As pain is to the body so repugnance is to the soul,” Dr. Kass says as we sit down for an interview in his book-lined office at the American Enterprise Institute,… More
Teaching
The Wisdom of Repugnance: Why We Should Ban the Cloning of Human Beings
– The New Republic, June 2, 1997.Excerpt: Our habit of delighting in news of scientific and technological breakthroughs has been sorely challenged by the birth announcement of a sheep named Dolly. Though Dolly shares with… More
The Ethics of Human Cloning
– With James Q. Wilson, American Enterprise Institute Press, June 1, 1998.Today biological science is rising on a wall of worry. No other science has advanced more dramatically during the past several decades or yielded so many palpable improvements in human… More
The Ethics of Human Cloning
– The American Enterprise, March 1, 1999.Social critics James Q. Wilson and Leon Kass debate the social, psychological and ethical ramifications of human cloning. Wilson supports limited cloning to two-parent heterosexual… 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
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
The Ethics of Cloning
– Testimony Before United States House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Crime, June 7, 2001.Excerpt: Mr. Chairman and Members of the Committee. My name is Leon Kass, and I am the Addie Clark Harding Professor in the Committee on Social Thought and the College at the University of… More
Human Cloning and Human Dignity: An Ethical Inquiry
– The President's Council on Bioethics, Washington, DC, July 2002.Excerpt: Man’s biotechnological powers are expanding in scope, at what seems an accelerating pace. Many of these powers are double-edged, offering help for human suffering, yet… More
The Meaning of the Gosnell Trial
– Sohrab Ahmari, Wall Street Journal, April 13, 2013.Excerpt: “As pain is to the body so repugnance is to the soul,” Dr. Kass says as we sit down for an interview in his book-lined office at the American Enterprise Institute,… More