I Would Include Non-medical Sex Selection As

There's No Necessary Connection Between Maximizing Social Utility Or Economic Wealth And Creating A Flourishing Democracy. The First Does Not Guarantee The Second. The Only Way To Create A Flourishing Democracy Is To Find Ways To Reason Together About The Big Questions, Including Hard Questions About Justice And The Common Good, To Reason Together About These Questions So That We As Citizens Can Decide How To Shape The Forces That Govern Our Lives.

I Am Trying To Get At The Moral Arguments And The Ethical Status Of Various Attempts At Enhancement, Or Genetic Engineering, Or The Bid For Designer Children. But There Are Implications For Society At Large.

The Norm Of Unconditional Parental Love, I Think, Depends On The Fact That We Don't Pick And Choose The Traits Of Our Children In The Way That We Pick And Choose The Features Of A Car We Might Order, Or A Consumer Good.

I Do Think It Is Very Important That The Religious Communities Do Try To Bring Their Teachings And Their Insights To Bear On The Stem Cell Debate And On The Debate About Genetic Engineering.

It's Ultimately The Purpose Of Education To Cultivate The Love Of Learning For Its Own Sake.