Frankenstein, Minister of Health
“We are still very far from understanding all the implications of the applications of biomedical technologies. We can envisage the possibility of their rendering certain preconceived ideas concerning human nature obsolete and modifying our conceptions of the good. But why should they affect our conceptions of justice and their exigencies, such as the equal access of all to desirable technical innovations?” — Ruwen Ogien
This week our featured book is Human Kindness and the Smell of Warm Croissants: An Introduction to Ethics, by Ruwen Ogien, translated by Martin Thom. Today, we are featuring an excerpt from the book in which Ogien lays out some of the ethical difficulties created by the continuing advance of biomedical science.
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