I Guess, As An Emanuel, I Have

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.

We Don't Have Enough Solid Organs For Transplantation; Not Enough Kidneys, Livers, Hearts, Lungs. When You Get A Liver And You Have Three People Who Need It, Who Should Get It? We Tried To Come Up With An Ethically Defensible Answer. Because We Have To Choose.

Having Been An Oncologist And Having Cared For Scores, If Not Hundreds, Of Dying Patients, When You Don't Have A Treatment That Can Shrink The Tumor And The Patient Will Die, It's A Very Difficult Conversation. It's Emotionally Draining.

Doctors Take The Hippocratic Oath Too Seriously, As An Imperative To Do Everything For The Patient Regardless Of The Cost Or Effects On Others

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.