‛The Unique Worth of an Individual Human Life’

by Leon R. Kass

Paul Ramsey was an early, thoughtful, and brave voice in the bioethics debates. As a young scientist, Leon Kass was drawn to Ramsey’s moral seriousness even as he hailed from a completely different philosophical and religious background. Taking up anew one of their fundamental disagreements, Kass pays tribute to his interlocutor, mentor, and friend. READ MORE

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Number 28 ~ Summer 2010

Essays

Getting Over the Code Delusion

Steve Talbott on epigenetics and the demise of DNA as destiny

How Can I Possibly Be Free?

Raymond Tallis on why the neurodeterminists are wrong about free will

Hiding Behind the Screen

Roger Scruton on Facebook and faceless friendship

Environmentalism as Religion

Joel Garreau on energy sinners and carbon Calvinism

Churchill on Science and Civilization

Justin D. Lyons revisits the statesman’s speeches on technology in war and peace

Reviews and Reconsiderations

The Science of Self-Help

Algis Valiunas on goofy advice, dubious wisdom, and neuro-gurus

Disenchanting Determinism

Caitrin Nicol reviews two novels searching for the soul in the scientific age

Hawthorne Series

From Hearth-Fires to Hell-Fires

Diana Schaub reads three tales on the flames of progress

Looking Ahead

Shoot First, Get Copyright Later

Looking Back

Lighter-than-Air Follies