Every once in a while a column about bioethical quandaries ought to dust off the handbook of first principles. Why do we need bioethics anyway? No bioethics, no quandaries. Not just dusted off, but done and dusted. Sounds appealing, doesn’t it? It would certainly make my job easier.
Abstract:
Steven Pinker has attacked bioethics as “moralistic grandstanding” that restricts research. Is he right?