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"We are all flawed and creatures of our times. Is it fair to judge us by the unknown standards of the future?"

"Any religion which demands death for other people is itself worthy of nothing less than it expects for others. In fact, it is probably long overdue."

"Doing what's right isn't the problem. It is knowing what's right."

"Ethics are the things that say, 'Don't stick your finger in the socket.' The world says, 'It's okay because we've shut off the electricity.' And at the point that we've chosen to listen to the world and ignore our ethics, we say, 'I'm having a really hard time getting back up."

"Do not treat others as you would not like to be treated' frees one from hypocrisy. 'Treat others as you would like to be treated' enslaves one with insincerity."
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"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."


"I don't believe that efforts to prohibit only so-called reproductive cloning can be successful."


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


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


"We may simply not be wise enough to do some of the kinds of engineering things that people are talking about doing."


"One could look over the past century and ask oneself, has the increased longevity been good, bad or indifferent?"
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