# Bioethics ## WATCH [### “The Perfect Human Being,” VPRO (Dutch public television) ](http://www.vpro.nl/de-volmaakte-mens/kijk/afleveringen/aflevering-6.html) 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.) [### Dutch journalist and philosopher Bas Heijne interviews Michael Sandel on “The Perfect Human Being,” 2015 (13:17) ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_xCvWMJrB8) [### HUBweek Fenway Forum at Faneuil Hall, Boston, (2015) ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urcSDiQwaNQ) 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) ](http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00l59hf) 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 Download 5 citations download- [BibTeX](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=12&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&&content_filter%5B0%5D=444476&content_filter%5B1%5D=444481&content_filter%5B2%5D=444491&content_filter%5B3%5D=444496&content_filter%5B4%5D=412411&&format=bibtex) - [EndNote X3 XML](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=12&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&&content_filter%5B0%5D=444476&content_filter%5B1%5D=444481&content_filter%5B2%5D=444491&content_filter%5B3%5D=444496&content_filter%5B4%5D=412411&&format=endnote8) - [EndNote 7 XML](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=12&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&&content_filter%5B0%5D=444476&content_filter%5B1%5D=444481&content_filter%5B2%5D=444491&content_filter%5B3%5D=444496&content_filter%5B4%5D=412411&&format=endnote7) - [Endnote tagged](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=12&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&&content_filter%5B0%5D=444476&content_filter%5B1%5D=444481&content_filter%5B2%5D=444491&content_filter%5B3%5D=444496&content_filter%5B4%5D=412411&&format=tagged) - [Marc](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=12&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&&content_filter%5B0%5D=444476&content_filter%5B1%5D=444481&content_filter%5B2%5D=444491&content_filter%5B3%5D=444496&content_filter%5B4%5D=412411&&format=marc) - [PubMedId](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=12&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&&content_filter%5B0%5D=444476&content_filter%5B1%5D=444481&content_filter%5B2%5D=444491&content_filter%5B3%5D=444496&content_filter%5B4%5D=412411&&format=pubmed_id) - [RIS](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=12&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&&content_filter%5B0%5D=444476&content_filter%5B1%5D=444481&content_filter%5B2%5D=444491&content_filter%5B3%5D=444496&content_filter%5B4%5D=412411&&format=ris) ### 2004 Sandel Michael J. 2004. “[The Case Against Perfection: What’s Wrong With Designer Children, Bionic Athletes, and Genetic Engineering](/publications/case-against-perfection-whats-wrong-designer-children-bionic-athletes-and)”. The Atlantic Sandel Michael J. 2004. “[The Case Against Perfection: What’s Wrong With Designer Children, Bionic Athletes, and Genetic Engineering](/publications/case-against-perfection-whats-wrong-designer-children-bionic-athletes-and)”. The Atlantic - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2004/04/the-case-against-perfection/302927/) - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2004/04/the-case-against-perfection/302927/) Sandel Michael J. 2004. “[Embryo Ethics: The Moral Logic of Stem Cell Research](/publications/embryo-ethics-moral-logic-stem-cell-research)”. New England Journal of Medicine Sandel Michael J. 2004. “[Embryo Ethics: The Moral Logic of Stem Cell Research](/publications/embryo-ethics-moral-logic-stem-cell-research)”. New England Journal of Medicine - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](http://www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1056/NEJMp048145) - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](http://www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1056/NEJMp048145) Sandel Michael J. 2004. “[Correspondence and Sandel Reply to Critics: ‘Ethics of Embryonic Stem Cells,’](/publications/correspondence-and-sandel-reply-critics-%E2%80%9Cethics-embryonic-stem-cells%E2%80%9D)”. New England Journal of Medicine Sandel Michael J. 2004. “[Correspondence and Sandel Reply to Critics: ‘Ethics of Embryonic Stem Cells,’](/publications/correspondence-and-sandel-reply-critics-%E2%80%9Cethics-embryonic-stem-cells%E2%80%9D)”. New England Journal of Medicine - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](http://www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1056/NEJM200410143511621) - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](http://www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1056/NEJM200410143511621) ### 2005 2005. “[Ethical Implications of Human Cloning](/publications/ethical-implications-human-cloning)”. Perspectives in Biology and Medicine, Vol. 48 2005. “[Ethical Implications of Human Cloning](/publications/ethical-implications-human-cloning)”. Perspectives in Biology and Medicine, Vol. 48 - [ picture\_as\_pdfEthical Implications of H...](/sites/g/files/omnuum7526/files/sandel/files/ethical_implications_of_human_cloning.pdf) - [ picture\_as\_pdfEthical Implications of H...](/sites/g/files/omnuum7526/files/sandel/files/ethical_implications_of_human_cloning.pdf) ### 2007 Sandel Michael J. 2007. [The Case Against Perfection: Ethics in the Age of Genetic Engineering](/publications/case-against-perfection-ethics-age-genetic-engineering). Cambrige: Harvard University Press Sandel Michael J. 2007. [The Case Against Perfection: Ethics in the Age of Genetic Engineering](/publications/case-against-perfection-ethics-age-genetic-engineering). 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