When My Children Were Growing Up, We

The Situation Around Terri Schiavo Was A Deeply Held Conflict Over What To Do If Someone Isn't Going To Return To Consciousness Or Competence. Who Will Decide? Even There, Where We Had Settled Legal Rules, We Still Had Disagreement. We're Torn About These Things.

Services Provided To Individuals Who Are Irreversibly Prevented From Being Or Becoming Participating Citizens Are Not Basic And Should Not Be Guaranteed. An Obvious Example Is Not Guaranteeing Health Services To Patients With Dementia.

We All Focus On Health Care And Diabetes And Heart Disease But There's All Sorts Of Things Like The Simple Fact That, You Know, Heavier People, Transportation Is More, So There's More Spent On Gasoline, More On Jet Fuel, People Have Had To Change The Size Of Doorways, The Size Of Chairs On Airplanes And At Sports Stadiums, So There's A Lot Of Hidden Costs As Well To The Increasing Girth Of Americans.

Guilt. It Comes Naturally To Me As A Jew And A Liberal.

Over His Illustrious Career, John Harris Has Explored The Most Challenging Bioethical Questions With Insight, Engaging Wit, And Eloquence. In Enhancing Evolution, Harris Does It Again. He Argues That It Is Not Just An Option But An Obligation For People To Use Available Biomedical Technologies To Enhance Their Own--and Their Children's--physical And Mental Abilities. Harris Rightly Deserves His Reputation For Fearlessly Following His Ethical Arguments Wherever They Lead.