Emergence - IEET News for May 15, 2008
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Technoprogressive? BioConservative? Huh? Quick overview of biopolitical points of view New at IEETRecent CommentsJANUSZ CZOCH on 'Dr. Pinker Lays the Smackdown on Leon Kass' (2008 05 14) Michael Bone on 'Is life a gift?' (2008 05 14) PhotoFan on 'Longevity Dividend Seminar Talks' (2008 05 14) scooter on 'And the Disabled Shall Inherit the Earth' (2008 05 14) scooter on 'Organization and Information at the Bedside (dissertation)' (2008 05 14) IEET Fora"If we get past the 'yuck'...we find that engineering of humans is not only ubiquitous and a function of ordinary human life as well as high-technology science, but also that the rules for avoiding ‘yuck' are a mere matter of faith themselves in the articles of a flimsy new kind of neoconservative natural law theory. And perhaps we are better off yucky but complicated than in the clean, well-lit spaces of the illusory safety of a ‘nature' that doesn't really exist." Glenn McGee, "Leon the Professional" TechEthics News
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