The Future Is Now

by Kristol, William; Cohen, Eric; Annas, George J. (CON); Bailey, Ronald (CON); Bond, Christopher (CON)

• ISBN13: 9780742521957
• ISBN10: 0742521958
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-03-01
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc

Summary

This book looks at both the past and the future of the debate over whether there are moral limits to scientific progress and what life will look like in the genetic age.

Table of Contents

Notes and Acknowledgments	p. xi
Introduction: The Future Is Now	p. xv
Brave New World?
Dream or Nightmare?	p. 3
Selections from Brave New World (1932)	p. 5
Social Biology and Population Improvement Nature (1939)	p. 22
Making Life in the Laboratory	p. 27
Unpredictable Variety Still Rules Human Reproduction: The Washington Post (1967)	p. 29
Genetic Tampering: The Washington Post (1967)	p. 31
Experimental Genetics and Human Evolution: The American Naturalist (1966)	p. 33
Selections from Fabricated Man: The Ethics of Genetic Control (1970)	p. 41
Moving toward the Clonal Man: Atlantic Monthly (1971)	p. 47
Making Babies: The New Biology and the "Old" Morality: The Public Interest (1972)	p. 54
"Making Babies" Revisited: The Public Interest (1979)	p. 61
The New Genetics and the American Future	p. 71
Two Cheers (or Maybe Just One) for Progress: The Wall Street Journal (1999)	p. 73
A Milestone in the Conquest of Nature: The Wall Street Journal (2000)	p. 77
Designing Our Descendants: First Things (2001)	p. 81
Politics in a Brave New World: The Public Interest (2001)	p. 89
Politics in the Genetic Age--Cloning, Stem Cells, and Beyond
The Cloning/Stem Cell Debate, 1997-2000	p. 103
Testimony, U.S. Senate (March 1997)	p. 105
Testimony, U.S. Senate (March 1997)	p. 109
The Wisdom of Repugnance: The New Republic (June 1997)	p. 116
Cloning Human Beings: Report and Recommendations (June 1997)	p. 119
Testimony, U.S. Senate (June 1997)	p. 123
Second Thoughts on Cloning: The New York Times (December 1997)	p. 125
Of Headless Mice...And Men: Time (January 1998)	p. 128
Who's Afraid of Human Cloning? The Washington Post (February 1998)	p. 131
Speech, U.S. Senate (February 1998)	p. 134
Speech, U.S. Senate (February 1998)	p. 139
Liberalism and Cloning: The Weekly Standard (October 1998)	p. 142
Testimony, U.S. Senate (December 1998)	p. 149
Testimony, U.S. Senate (December 1998)	p. 155
Ethical Issues in Human Stem Cell Research (September 1999)	p. 164
Petri Dish Politics: Reason (December 1999)	p. 170
Reason, Faith, and Stem Cells: The Washington Post (August 2000)	p. 177
The Pig-Man Cometh: The Weekly Standard (October 2000)	p. 180
A Crucial Election for Medical Research: The New York Times (November 2000)	p. 183
The Cloning/Stem Cell Debate, 2001	p. 185
The Point of a Ban: Or, How to Think about Stem Cell Research: Hastings Center Report (Jan./Feb. 2001)	p. 188
Why Pro-Lifers Are Missing the Point: Time (February 2001)	p. 201
The Politics of Stem Cells: The Weekly Standard (March 2001)	p. 204
Testimony, U.S. House of Representatives (March 2001)	p. 209
Against Human Cloning: The Weekly Standard (May 2001)	p. 213
Testimony, U.S. Senate (May 2001)	p. 217
Preventing a Brave New World: The New Republic (May 2001)	p. 219
Separating Good Biotech from Bad: The Wall Street Journal (May 2001)	p. 242
The Politics of Cloning: The Los Angeles Times (June 2001)	p. 246
Letter to HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson (June 2001)	p. 250
For a Total Ban on Human Cloning: The Weekly Standard (July 2001)	p. 254
Cell Out: Slate (July 2001)	p. 259
Of Missile Defense and Stem Cells: The Weekly Standard (July 2001)	p. 263
Testimony, U.S. Senate (July 2001)	p. 266
Testimony, U.S. Senate (July 2001)	p. 273
Testimony, U.S. Senate (July 2001)	p. 276
It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's ... Superclone? (July 2001): The Nation (July 2001)	p. 279
A Nightmare of a Bill: The Washington Post (July 2001)	p. 286
Stem-Cell Research: Don't Destroy Human Life: The Wall Street Journal (July 2001)	p. 289
Speech, U.S. House of Representatives (July 2001)	p. 292
Speech, U.S. House of Representatives (July 2001)	p. 295
Cloning, Stem Cells, and Beyond: The Weekly Standard (August 2001)	p. 297
Address to the Nation (August 2001)	p. 306
Stem Cell Science and the Preservation of Life: The New York Times (August 2001)	p. 311
Stem Cells: Bush's Broken Promise: The Washington Post (August 2001)	p. 314
Bush's Stem-Cell Ruling: A Missouri Compromise: The Los Angeles Times (August 2001)	p. 316
Mortality and the American Character
Why Not Immortality? First Things (May 2001)	p. 321
Biodemocracy in America: The Public Interest (Winter 2002)	p. 333
Of Terrorism and Cloning	p. 346
Index	p. 351
About the Editors	p. 357
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