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

Should criminals have equal access to scarce medical treatments?

Leon R. Kass warns of the danger of cloning.

Given the alliance between humanitarian science and needy society, the problems we face require appealing to a sense of human dignity tied to our strengths as god-like beings.

Opposition to human cloning-to-produce children in America is overwhelming: the vast majority of our fellow citizens, including most scientists, would like to see it banned.

President Bush supports funding possibilities in medical research butthinks Congress shouldpass legislation againsthuman cloning.

The author responds to the question of the relation between bioethics and the Constitution.

Issues surrounding death and dying have reentered the Supreme Court--and our personal lives.