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“Even if certain rogue countries do things we wish nobody…” quote by Leon Kass — Download Open image

“Even if certain rogue countries do things we wish nobody did, it doesn't necessarily mean that their foolishness should justify our following suit.”

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The technical is not just the machinery. The technical is a disposition to life.

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I've been opposed to human cloning from the very beginning.

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

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Human life without death would be something other than human; consciousness of mortality gives rise to out deepest longings and greatest accomplishments.

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

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