Leon Kass of AEI and University of Chicago delivered the February Bradley Lecture.

In our new world of biotechnology, gathering powers to intervene in human bodies and minds raise profound challenges to the meaning of our humanity. Crucial to meeting those challenges is a robust notion of human dignity—the special...

Science offers truth about the way the world works, but religion offers truths about who we are and why we are. Science and religion, therefore, need not be enemies.

In 2001, President George W. Bush created the President's Council on Bioethics to address the ethical ramifications of biomedical innovation. For six months, the council--a team of leading scientists, physicians, ethicists, lawyers, humanists, and theologians--debated the pros and cons of cloning, both for creating babies and for...

This inquiry views eating among humans as a manifestation of the "hungry soul'' that seeks satisfaction in activities motivated by ambition, curiosity, affection and awe.

I am deeply moved and honored more than I can say by this award from my esteemed colleagues and friends at AEI, and especially because of its association with the name and memory of Irving Kristol, a man for all seasons. Irving Kristol was my teacher, editor, mentor, patron, and...

A short responseto several interpretations of Kass's beliefs on the relationship between modern science and biblical religion.

AEI has established a major new program of research, conferences, student fellowships, and publications concerned with issues of freedom and culture in contemporary society.

Is it politically desirable for society to credit a designated group called "bioethicists" with expertise in resolving the most difficult moral questions?