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Lapse of Reason: The libertarians and cloning.
From:
National Review
| Date:
February 11, 2002| Author:
PONNURU, RAMESH
| COPYRIGHT 2002 National Review, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information
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In November, the libertarian magazine Reason posted on its website defenses of human cloning by 38 "leading thinkers and commentators." The occasion was noteworthy for several reasons. One is that Virginia Postrel, the former editor of the magazine who organized the feature, assembled a truly impressive group. Writers included Nobel Prize- winning scientists, prominent bioethicists, political scientists, law professors, economists, and philosophers. The symposium provided a fair sa...
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