Bioethics
WATCH
“The Perfect Human Being,” VPRO (Dutch public television)
In Amsterdam, Michael Sandel leads a televised discussion of the ethics of genetic engineering, artificial intelligence, and extending the human lifespan. (Following an introduction in Dutch, the English language program begins at 4:25.)
HUBweek Fenway Forum at Faneuil Hall, Boston, (2015)
Should we try to live forever? Make machines that can outthink us? Create perfect kids? Michael Sandel leads an all-star panel in an iconic Boston setting. Arianna Huffington, Yo-Yo Ma, Alexis Wilkinson, Andrew McAfee and Sherry Turkle join Sandel in a...
LISTEN
“Genetics and Morality,” BBC Reith Lecture 2 (2009)
Sandel considers how we should use our ever-increasing scientific knowledge. New genetic technologies hold great promise for treating and curing disease, but how far we should go in using them to manipulate muscles, moods and gender?
READ
2004
Sandel Michael J. 2004. “The Case Against Perfection: What’s Wrong With Designer Children, Bionic Athletes, and Genetic Engineering”. The Atlantic
Sandel Michael J. 2004. “The Case Against Perfection: What’s Wrong With Designer Children, Bionic Athletes, and Genetic Engineering”. The Atlantic
Sandel Michael J. 2004. “Embryo Ethics: The Moral Logic of Stem Cell Research”. New England Journal of Medicine
Sandel Michael J. 2004. “Embryo Ethics: The Moral Logic of Stem Cell Research”. New England Journal of Medicine
Sandel Michael J. 2004. “Correspondence and Sandel Reply to Critics: ‘Ethics of Embryonic Stem Cells,’”. New England Journal of Medicine
Sandel Michael J. 2004. “Correspondence and Sandel Reply to Critics: ‘Ethics of Embryonic Stem Cells,’”. New England Journal of Medicine
2005
2005. “Ethical Implications of Human Cloning”. Perspectives in Biology and Medicine, Vol. 48
2005. “Ethical Implications of Human Cloning”. Perspectives in Biology and Medicine, Vol. 48
2007
Sandel Michael J. 2007. The Case Against Perfection: Ethics in the Age of Genetic Engineering. Cambrige: Harvard University Press
Sandel Michael J. 2007. The Case Against Perfection: Ethics in the Age of Genetic Engineering. Cambrige: Harvard University Press