Author: Leon Kass

Quotes

Biology, meaning the science of all life, is a late notion.

Biology, meaning the science of all life, is a late notion.

- Leon Kass

In the case of abortion, one pits the life of the fetus against the interests of the pregnant woman.

In the case of abortion, one pits the life of the fetus against the interests of the pregnant woman.

- Leon Kass

Is it possible to covet a much longer life for one's self and be as devoted to the well-being of the next generation? It's a long argument.

Is it possible to covet a much longer life for one's self and be as devoted to the well-being of the next generation? It's a long argument.

- Leon Kass

Many people recognize that technology often comes with unintended and undesirable side effects.

Many people recognize that technology often comes with unintended and undesirable side effects.

- Leon Kass

I have nothing against respecting people who lived before, but we have no responsibility toward them.

I have nothing against respecting people who lived before, but we have no responsibility toward them.

- Leon Kass

As bad as it might be to destroy a creature made in God's image, it might be very much worse to be creating them after images of one's own.

As bad as it might be to destroy a creature made in God's image, it might be very much worse to be creating them after images of one's own.

- Leon Kass

It's very hard to make arguments about the effects of cloning on family relations if family relations are in tatters.

It's very hard to make arguments about the effects of cloning on family relations if family relations are in tatters.

- Leon Kass

If you have easy self-contentment, you might have a very, very cheap source of happiness.

If you have easy self-contentment, you might have a very, very cheap source of happiness.

- Leon Kass

Genetics is crude, but neuroscience goes directly to work on the brain, and the mind follows.

Genetics is crude, but neuroscience goes directly to work on the brain, and the mind follows.

- Leon Kass

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