AEI.Org: Scholar: Leon R. Kass Hertog Fellow http://www.aei.org:80/scholar/67?presentation=rss Sun, 22 Nov 2009 07:36:26 +0100 http://www.aei.org:80/views/images/accountRegistration/aeismall-reg.gif AEI http://www.aei.org:80/home 50 50 AEI For the Love of the Game http://www.aei.org:80/article/27621 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> A critical look at Roger Clemens, Barry Bonds, the Mitchell Report, and the adulteration of American sports. </body> </html> Wed, 26 Mar 2008 01:00:00 +0100 2008-03-26T01:00:00-0400 2008-03-26T01:00:00-0400 Defending Life and Dignity http://www.aei.org:80/article/27535 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> President Bush supports funding possibilities in medical research butthinks Congress shouldpass legislation againsthuman cloning. </body> </html> Mon, 25 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +0100 2008-02-25T00:00:00-0500 2008-02-25T00:00:00-0500 Brave New Future http://www.aei.org:80/article/27141 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Medically and ethically, reprogramming of human somatic cellsto pluripotency is anenormously significant achievement. </body> </html> Wed, 21 Nov 2007 00:00:00 +0100 2007-11-21T00:00:00-0500 2007-11-21T00:00:00-0500 On Religion and Science http://www.aei.org:80/article/26447 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> A short responseto several interpretations of Kass's beliefs on the relationship between modern science and biblical religion. </body> </html> Sun, 01 Jul 2007 00:00:00 +0100 2007-07-01T00:00:00-0400 2007-07-01T00:00:00-0400 The Right to Life and Human Dignity http://www.aei.org:80/article/26436 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Thomas Hobbes' understanding of individual natural rights offers a firm rationale for the dignity of human life. </body> </html> Tue, 01 May 2007 00:00:00 +0100 2007-05-01T00:00:00-0400 2007-05-01T00:00:00-0400 Science, Religion, and the Human Future http://www.aei.org:80/article/25908 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Science offers truth about the way the world works, but religion offers truths about who we are and why we are. Science and religion, therefore, need not be enemies. </body> </html> Thu, 05 Apr 2007 00:00:00 +0100 2007-04-05T00:00:00-0400 2007-04-05T00:00:00-0400 Cast Me Not Off in Old Age http://www.aei.org:80/article/23701 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Issues surrounding death and dying have reentered the Supreme Court--and our personal lives. </body> </html> Sun, 01 Jan 2006 00:00:00 +0100 2006-01-01T00:00:00-0500 2006-01-01T00:00:00-0500 Lingering Longer http://www.aei.org:80/article/23272 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Although we are living healthier longer, many of us are also living long enough to suffer serious age-related chronic illnesses, including dementia. </body> </html> Thu, 29 Sep 2005 00:00:00 +0100 2005-09-29T00:00:00-0400 2005-09-29T00:00:00-0400 A Way Forward on Stem Cells http://www.aei.org:80/article/22828 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Senators will be given a chance this week toincrease funding for alternative sources. They should not miss thispromising opportunity for scientific and ethical statesmanship. </body> </html> Tue, 12 Jul 2005 00:00:00 +0100 2005-07-12T00:00:00-0400 2005-07-12T00:00:00-0400 Human Frailty and Human Dignity http://www.aei.org:80/article/21864 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Given the alliance between humanitarian science and needy society, the problems we face require appealing to a sense of human dignity tied to our strengths as god-like beings. </body> </html> Thu, 27 Jan 2005 00:00:00 +0100 2005-01-27T00:00:00-0500 2005-01-27T00:00:00-0500 Science and Ethics http://www.aei.org:80/article/21786 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> An embryo, animal as well as human, possesses indwelling powers of organic and integrated self-development and ontogensis worthy of respect. </body> </html> Sat, 01 Jan 2005 00:00:00 +0100 2005-01-01T00:00:00-0500 2005-01-01T00:00:00-0500 Playing Politics with the Sick http://www.aei.org:80/article/21351 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Wise policy on embryonic stem cell research must seek scientific knowledge and cures for terrible diseases, protect human life in all its vulnerable stages, and respect diverse moral views. </body> </html> Fri, 08 Oct 2004 00:00:00 +0100 2004-10-08T00:00:00-0400 2004-10-08T00:00:00-0400 Reproduction and Responsibility http://www.aei.org:80/article/20216 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Our ethical reflections and regulatory institutions have lagged behind our rapid technological advance. </body> </html> Thu, 01 Apr 2004 00:00:00 +0100 2004-04-01T00:00:00-0500 2004-04-01T00:00:00-0500 We Don't Play Politics with Science http://www.aei.org:80/article/20037 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Charges that the President's Council on Bioethics is stacked with political and religious conservatives aremalicious and false. </body> </html> Wed, 03 Mar 2004 00:00:00 +0100 2004-03-03T00:00:00-0500 2004-03-03T00:00:00-0500 The Price of Winning at Any Cost http://www.aei.org:80/article/19825 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> We are well on our way to gaining greater biotechnical power to reengineer the human body and mind, all in the service of "superior performance." What kind of society might we become? </body> </html> Sun, 01 Feb 2004 00:00:00 +0100 2004-02-01T00:00:00-0500 2004-02-01T00:00:00-0500 The Pursuit of Biohappiness http://www.aei.org:80/article/19300 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Although most biomedical technologies are developed for therapeutic purposes, once here they are quickly available to serve many other ends, good ones and bad. </body> </html> Thu, 16 Oct 2003 00:00:00 +0100 2003-10-16T00:00:00-0400 2003-10-16T00:00:00-0400 NOW with Bill Moyers http://www.aei.org:80/article/18974 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> </body> </html> Fri, 25 Jul 2003 00:00:00 +0100 2003-07-25T00:00:00-0400 2003-07-25T00:00:00-0400 Ageless Bodies, Happy Souls http://www.aei.org:80/article/17132 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> A flourishing human life is not a life lived with an ageless body or untroubled soul, but rather a life lived in rhythmed time, mindful of time’s limits andappreciative of each season. </body> </html> Thu, 01 May 2003 00:00:00 +0100 2003-05-01T00:00:00-0400 2003-05-01T00:00:00-0400 How One Clone Leads to Another http://www.aei.org:80/article/15708 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Leon R. Kass warns of the danger of cloning. </body> </html> Fri, 24 Jan 2003 00:00:00 +0100 2003-01-24T00:00:00-0500 2003-01-24T00:00:00-0500 Biotechnology http://www.aei.org:80/article/15761 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> </body> </html> Wed, 01 Jan 2003 00:00:00 +0100 2003-01-01T00:00:00-0500 2003-01-01T00:00:00-0500 Biotechnology http://www.aei.org:80/article/15760 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> </body> </html> Wed, 01 Jan 2003 00:00:00 +0100 2003-01-01T00:00:00-0500 2003-01-01T00:00:00-0500 Biotechnology http://www.aei.org:80/article/14806 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Essays adapted from remarks made at theAEI's book forum "Human Cloning and Human Dignity" onOctober 29, 2002. </body> </html> Sun, 22 Dec 2002 00:00:00 +0100 2002-12-22T00:00:00-0500 2002-12-22T00:00:00-0500 The Age of Genetic Technology http://www.aei.org:80/article/15751 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> </body> </html> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 00:00:00 +0100 2002-11-12T00:00:00-0500 2002-11-12T00:00:00-0500 The End of Courtship http://www.aei.org:80/article/14833 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> While various people are talking about tracking down "dead-beat dads" or reestablishing orphanages or doing something to slow the rate of divorce--all remedies for marital failure--very little attention is being paid to what makes for marital success. </body> </html> Mon, 23 Sep 2002 00:00:00 +0100 2002-09-23T00:00:00-0400 2002-09-23T00:00:00-0400 Stop All Cloning of Humans for Four Years http://www.aei.org:80/article/14074 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Regarding cloning-to-produce-children, the nation, Congress and our council are nearly unanimous: This practice should be opposed, morally and legally. </body> </html> Thu, 11 Jul 2002 00:00:00 +0100 2002-07-11T00:00:00-0400 2002-07-11T00:00:00-0400 Breaking the Biotech Impasse http://www.aei.org:80/article/14184 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> </body> </html> Mon, 01 Jul 2002 01:00:00 +0100 2002-07-01T01:00:00-0400 2002-07-01T01:00:00-0400 Biotechnology http://www.aei.org:80/article/15759 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> </body> </html> Tue, 01 Jan 2002 00:00:00 +0100 2002-01-01T00:00:00-0500 2002-01-01T00:00:00-0500 The Meaning of Life--In the Laboratory http://www.aei.org:80/article/13473 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Reaffirming the principle that nascent life not be destroyed for the sake of research,Bush chose to permit federal funds to be used for research only on already existing embryonic stem cell lines. </body> </html> Tue, 01 Jan 2002 00:00:00 +0100 2002-01-01T00:00:00-0500 2002-01-01T00:00:00-0500 Revive Courtship for Seeking Love http://www.aei.org:80/article/11318 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> </body> </html> Sun, 20 Feb 2000 00:00:00 +0100 2000-02-20T00:00:00-0500 2000-02-20T00:00:00-0500 The Moral Meaning of Genetic Technology http://www.aei.org:80/article/10710 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> </body> </html> Wed, 01 Sep 1999 00:00:00 +0100 1999-09-01T00:00:00-0400 1999-09-01T00:00:00-0400 Love of Women and Love of God http://www.aei.org:80/article/10069 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> </body> </html> Mon, 01 Mar 1999 00:00:00 +0100 1999-03-01T00:00:00-0500 1999-03-01T00:00:00-0500 Beyond Biology http://www.aei.org:80/article/9371 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Review of Brave New Worlds: Staying Human in the Genetic Future by Bryan Appleyard. </body> </html> Sun, 23 Aug 1998 00:00:00 +0100 1998-08-23T00:00:00-0400 1998-08-23T00:00:00-0400 The Wisdom of Repugnance http://www.aei.org:80/article/7732 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> </body> </html> Mon, 02 Jun 1997 01:00:00 +0100 1997-06-02T01:00:00-0400 1997-06-02T01:00:00-0400 Response to Letters Regarding "Regarding Daughters and Sisters" http://www.aei.org:80/article/2391 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> </body> </html> Wed, 01 Jul 1992 00:00:00 +0100 1992-07-01T00:00:00-0400 1992-07-01T00:00:00-0400 Seeing the Nakedness of His Father http://www.aei.org:80/article/2309 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> </body> </html> Mon, 01 Jun 1992 00:00:00 +0100 1992-06-01T00:00:00-0400 1992-06-01T00:00:00-0400 Regarding Daughters and Sisters http://www.aei.org:80/article/2116 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> </body> </html> Wed, 01 Apr 1992 00:00:00 +0100 1992-04-01T00:00:00-0500 1992-04-01T00:00:00-0500 Suicide Made Easy http://www.aei.org:80/article/1705 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> </body> </html> Sun, 01 Dec 1991 00:00:00 +0100 1991-12-01T00:00:00-0500 1991-12-01T00:00:00-0500 Man and Woman http://www.aei.org:80/article/849 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> </body> </html> Fri, 01 Nov 1991 00:00:00 +0100 1991-11-01T00:00:00-0500 1991-11-01T00:00:00-0500 A Woman for All Seasons http://www.aei.org:80/article/844 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> </body> </html> Sun, 01 Sep 1991 00:00:00 +0100 1991-09-01T00:00:00-0400 1991-09-01T00:00:00-0400 The Beginning of Wisdom http://www.aei.org:80/book/408 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Unlike the many devout readers who approach the Bible to find salvation,the authorcomes to Genesis in pursuit of philosophical wisdom. </body> </html> Tue, 20 May 2003 00:00:00 +0100 2003-05-20T00:00:00-0400 2003-05-20T00:00:00-0400 Life, Liberty, and the Defense of Dignity http://www.aei.org:80/book/295 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> We are walking too quickly down the road to physical and psychological utopia without pausing to assess the potential damage to our humanity from this brave new biology. </body> </html> Tue, 01 Jan 2002 00:00:00 +0100 2002-01-01T00:00:00-0500 2002-01-01T00:00:00-0500 Wing to Wing, Oar to Oar http://www.aei.org:80/book/647 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> This book is an anthology of source readings offered as a response to the contemporary cultural silence surrounding love that leads to marriage. </body> </html> Sat, 01 Jan 2000 00:00:00 +0100 2000-01-01T00:00:00-0500 2000-01-01T00:00:00-0500 The Ethics of Human Cloning http://www.aei.org:80/book/73 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> This accessible volume promises to inform the public policy debate over the permissible conduct of genetic research and the permissible uses of its discoveries. </body> </html> Mon, 01 Jun 1998 00:00:00 +0100 1998-06-01T00:00:00-0400 1998-06-01T00:00:00-0400 The Hungry Soul http://www.aei.org:80/book/649 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> This inquiry views eating among humans as a manifestation of the "hungry soul'' that seeks satisfaction in activities motivated by ambition, curiosity, affection and awe. </body> </html> Wed, 01 Jun 1994 00:00:00 +0100 1994-06-01T00:00:00-0400 1994-06-01T00:00:00-0400 Toward a More Natural Science http://www.aei.org:80/book/648 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> The promise and the peril of our are inextricably linked with the promise and the peril of modern science. </body> </html> Mon, 01 Oct 1990 00:00:00 +0100 1990-10-01T00:00:00-0400 1990-10-01T00:00:00-0400 A Conversation with Dr. Leon Kass http://www.aei.org:80/book/955 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> This volume is the edited transcript of a discussion of the ethics and policy issues of research on so-called test tube babies. </body> </html> Mon, 01 Jan 1979 00:00:00 +0100 1979-01-01T00:00:00-0500 1979-01-01T00:00:00-0500 Why Even Atheists Should Applaud the Ten Commandments http://www.aei.org:80/event/1776 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> </body> </html> Mon, 12 Jan 2009 18:30:00 +0100 2009-01-12T18:30:00-0500 2009-01-12T18:30:00-0500 Defending Human Dignity http://www.aei.org:80/event/1376 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> </body> </html> Mon, 05 Feb 2007 17:30:00 +0100 2007-02-05T17:30:00-0500 2007-02-05T17:30:00-0500 Religion and the American Future http://www.aei.org:80/event/1406 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> </body> </html> Thu, 26 Oct 2006 09:00:00 +0100 2006-10-26T09:00:00-0400 2006-10-26T09:00:00-0400 Beyond Therapy: Biotechnology and the Pursuit of Happiness http://www.aei.org:80/event/666 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> </body> </html> Tue, 09 Dec 2003 16:00:00 +0100 2003-12-09T16:00:00-0500 2003-12-09T16:00:00-0500 Life, Liberty, and the Defense of Dignity http://www.aei.org:80/event/61 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> </body> </html> Fri, 22 Nov 2002 11:30:00 +0100 2002-11-22T11:30:00-0500 2002-11-22T11:30:00-0500 Human Cloning and Human Dignity http://www.aei.org:80/event/69 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> </body> </html> Tue, 29 Oct 2002 16:00:00 +0100 2002-10-29T16:00:00-0500 2002-10-29T16:00:00-0500 I Do? http://www.aei.org:80/event/544 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> </body> </html> Fri, 21 Jan 2000 15:00:00 +0100 2000-01-21T15:00:00-0500 2000-01-21T15:00:00-0500 Living Dangerously http://www.aei.org:80/event/575 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> </body> </html> Mon, 14 Mar 1994 00:00:00 +0100 1994-03-14T00:00:00-0500 1994-03-14T00:00:00-0500 "Looking for an Honest Man" http://www.aei.org:80/speech/100051 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> The deepest questions of life are illuminated not by mechanistic and materialist explanations but through humane studies in the great philosophical tradition of the West. </body> </html> Thu, 21 May 2009 00:00:00 +0100 2009-05-21T00:00:00-0400 2009-05-21T00:00:00-0400 Principles for Neighbors: The "Second Table" of the Decalogue http://www.aei.org:80/speech/29256 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Leon R. Kass, M.D., of AEI and the University of Chicago delivered the fifth of the 2008-2009 Bradley Lectures on January 12, 2009. </body> </html> Sun, 01 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0100 2009-02-01T00:00:00-0500 2009-02-01T00:00:00-0500 Taking Care: Ethical Caregiving in Our Aging Society http://www.aei.org:80/speech/27564 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Thanks to medicine's prowess in sustaining life on the edge, it is harder than ever to know when it is "time to die." </body> </html> Thu, 07 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +0100 2008-02-07T00:00:00-0500 2008-02-07T00:00:00-0500 Keeping Life Human http://www.aei.org:80/speech/27064 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Biomedical science and technology pose contemporary challenges to our human dignity. </body> </html> Thu, 18 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0100 2007-10-18T00:00:00-0400 2007-10-18T00:00:00-0400 Defending Human Dignity http://www.aei.org:80/speech/25657 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> The fullest dignity of the godlike animal is realized in its acknowledgment and celebration of the divine. </body> </html> Thu, 01 Mar 2007 00:00:00 +0100 2007-03-01T00:00:00-0500 2007-03-01T00:00:00-0500 Promoting Ethical Regenerative Medicine Research and Prohibiting Immoral Human ... http://www.aei.org:80/speech/16617 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> If Congress fails again to act this time around, human cloning will happen here, and we will have acquiesced in its arrival. It is my profound hope that Congress will rise to the occasion, and strike a blow in defense of human dignity. </body> </html> Wed, 19 Mar 2003 00:00:00 +0100 2003-03-19T00:00:00-0500 2003-03-19T00:00:00-0500 The Ethics of Human Cloning http://www.aei.org:80/speech/16657 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Opposition to human cloning-to-produce children in America is overwhelming: the vast majority of our fellow citizens, including most scientists, would like to see it banned. </body> </html> Wed, 29 Jan 2003 00:00:00 +0100 2003-01-29T00:00:00-0500 2003-01-29T00:00:00-0500 Living Dangerously http://www.aei.org:80/speech/17981 <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> This Bradley Lecture questions what our moral obligations are to those who choose to live dangerously or foolishly in their personal lives. </body> </html> Mon, 14 Mar 1994 00:00:00 +0100 1994-03-14T00:00:00-0500 1994-03-14T00:00:00-0500