Word: euthanasia
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This weekend's Veritas Forum-the first at Harvard in two years-maintained some of its academic roots, but also tackled such hot-button issues as abortion, sex, homosexuality and euthanasia...
Events ranged from a symposium at Harvard Law School (HLS) talking about the legal history of abortion and euthanasia, to a performance by Caedmon's Call, a Christian rock band...
...ends and beginnings. And as a result, the conversation that has occupied scientists and ethicists for years, about how much man should mess with nature when it comes to reproduction, will drop onto every kitchen table, every pulpit, every politician's desk. Fierce debate over issues like abortion and euthanasia will seem tame and transparent compared with the questions that human cloning raises...
...beginnings. And as a result, the conversation that has occupied scientists and ethicists for years, about how much man should mess with nature when it comes to reproduction, will drop onto every kitchen table, every pulpit, every politician's desk. Our fierce national debate over issues like abortion and euthanasia will seem tame and transparent compared with the questions that human cloning raises...
Voters' consideration of the candidates should have included not only their positions on current issues but also their probable decisions on future ones. While we don't know for sure exactly what those issues will be, the signs are clear that we will face questions about genetic manipulation, cloning, euthanasia, artificial intelligence and the creation of entirely new species. How will national leaders weigh the moral aspects of these questions? Probably not too differently from the way they view other issues of human life and dignity. Attitudes toward abortion are a key. Given the lack of political consensus in this...