Life Liberty & the Defense of Dignity: The Challenge for Bioethics

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These are the questions we should be asking to prevent runaway scientism with its utopian longings from reshaping humankind in the image of our own choosing. Kass believes that technology has done and will continue to do wonders for our health and longevity and that we have much to be thankful for. But there is more at stake in the biological revolution that saving life and avoiding death. We must also strive to protect the ideas and practices that give us dignity and keep us human. The book challenges us to confront the post-human future that may await us by thinking deeply about the life and death issues we face today.

"Given Kass's capacity to influence public policy, we should want to inquire into his reasoning, and "Life, Liberty and the Defense of Dignity helps us do so."