Progressive Bioethics: The Conference

The Center for American Progress bioethics initiative, created and pushed quickly along by Jonathan Moreno at a very important time in American political life, held a conference on the political challenges to bioethics from conservatism. Streaming video to come; you can still watch the streaming video from their first conference in October.

posted Apr 30, 2006 | link | jump to the comments (1)

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If "bioethics" is being challenged by "conservatism," then it isn't a mere "discourse" but is, as I have repeatedly stated, has become a social and political movement. Time for the denials about that particular point to stop.

- by Wesley J. Smith on May 1, 2006 at 1:48 AM | link

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