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WHY A BIOETHICS COUNCIL NEEDS DIVERSITY

Cathleen Kaveny

Writing in the August 14 issue of Commonweal (“End of Discussion”), the Christian ethicist Gilbert Meilaender eulogized President George W. Bush's Council on Bioethics, which President Barack Obama dissolved in June. Meilaender argued that the Bush council, on which he served, got two important things right. First, it addressed the proper questions—the big questions about (...)


 

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