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...legitimate medical purpose" for controlled drugs and could choose to interpret cognitive enhancement as "medical.") Students usually get stimulants from friends or family who have legitimate prescriptions, which is illegal. In any case, one can't access the drugs without some amount of expendable cash, which raises the concern that they are available only to the wealthy...
That is perhaps the bioethicist's greatest concern - that cognitive enhancement may be wrong not because it is physically risky or because it creates an unlevel playing field but because it redefines the nature of human achievement itself. As Leon Kass wrote for the President's Council on Bioethics in a 2003 report on enhancement, "We must live, or try to live, as true men and women, accepting our finite limits, cultivating our given gifts, and performing in ways that are humanly excellent. To do otherwise is to achieve our most desired results at the ultimate cost: getting what...
...severe shortage of food” and the World Food Programme’s stores have been rendered inaccessible by the fighting, while the International Committee of the Red Cross has had difficulty getting medical resources to injured or dying civilians. No matter how the conflict ends, the primary concern should be delivering aid to those who need...
...Evanston. The top seed earned back-to-back falls in what looked to be another dominant performance, but Jantzen could not sustain his momentum, suffering a quarterfinal defeat to eighth-seeded Zach Tanelli of Wisconsin in a 3-1 decision. Although the loss proved disappointing, Jantzen caused greater concern with a minor ankle injury, forcing the sophomore to medically forfeit his wrestleback match.Peppelman went 2-2, winning consecutive wrestleback bouts after dropping a major decision to second-seeded Jake Patacsil in the opening round. After notching a decision and a technical fall without relinquishing a point, Peppelman finished the tournament...
Both Democratic and Republican strategists express hope and concern about a battle over immigration reform this year, which could yield legislation for the President to sign as soon as the summer. For Republicans, the concern is that a divisive battle could motivate Hispanic turnout for Democrats in the 2010 midterm elections. For Democrats, the concern is that independent voters, who are deeply concerned about high unemployment and a still sluggish economy, will see a major fight over citizenship for undocumented immigrants as an unwelcome distraction from other priorities. Democrats have already introduced an immigration bill in the House...