[grimalkin]

"Eminent bio-ethicist" - LOL. This guy is certifiable. What comes out of these institutions of higher learning is frightening. Men without chests

[who_would_fardels_bear]

Soma!

[neverevergiveup]

“These amended species will be 15cm shorter than now, hence more energy efficient and less resource-demanding.”

But what about the NBA?

[ripley]

“...this guy is certifiable...”

Brilliant, cosmically intelligent, Progressive geniuses with the limitless ability to think through complex problems, can not be certified since they are the standard of the universe who should be give absolute power to overcome the effects of moronic, non-Progressive thoughs.

See? Ya know?

/s/

IMHO

[aquila48]

“He emphasises there would be no coercion. The drugs would merely help those who want to be climate-friendly behaviour but lack the willpower”

Algore should be first in line. He wants to save the planet but simply doesn’t have the will power to give up his mansions, private airplanes, suvs...

[Telepathic Intruder]

The New Ethics. Lobotomize children with drugs if not just abort them completely. All for the greater good.

[ThunderSleeps]

the fact this guy actually believes this kind of thing is a good idea is terrifying on several levels.

[Wiser now]

“Bio-ethicists” invariably lack respect for the soul and view humans as cattle to be herded about at the whim of government.

[ChocChipCookie]

Romans 1:22

[dila813]

Why doesn’t he kill himself?

[NonValueAdded]

of course, if he promised us all an orgasmatron ...

Love, Woody

[Bernard Marx]

This is right out of Huxley’s “Brave New World” which is the source of my user name. I had a hunch this kind of insanity was coming.

[fella]

Is this a plot line from the “Despicable Me” franchise?

[Ben Ficklin]

This is a 5 year old story that was not accurate then and is still not accurate today.

[i_robot73]

Isn’t it enough govt doses nearly everyone w/ high levels of fluoride, to keep the People docile and subdued?

/tightens tin-foil hat

[fella]

Conformity . . .

[SandRat]

In. Other words drug, DRUG Them up. Make LibTurd DUIMMYCRATS.

[Fungi]

"In his book, The Abolition of Man, Lewis was prophetic in pointing out that relativism—the idea that there are no absolute truths—would lead to the decay of morality and a lack of virtue within society. Without a belief in and the teaching of universal moral laws, we fail to educate the heart and are left with intelligent men who behave like animals or as Lewis puts it, “Men without Chests.”

Exactly what was said here: Francis A. Schaeffer has argued, “If there are no absolutes by which to judge society, then society is absolute.” Francis Schaeffer, How Shall We Then Live? (Old Tappan NJ: Fleming H Revell Company, 1976), p. 224.

This is the logical consequence of secular humanism.When man is the measure of all things, God's rightful place as the measure of all things is replaced with whatever is the zeitgeist of the day. It is now the earth and its worship in place of God. Man has become a fool--unfortunately, he does not know it.

[Trumpet 1]

Ethics? Oh gee. Or a total lack thereof.

[AndyTheBear]

Yes this is the kind of moral blind “moral innovator” Lewis described in all three lectures in the Abolition of Man of which that was the first. Also made me think of “Brave New World”.

[oh8eleven]

S. Matthew Liao
NYU Center for Bioethics
Phone: (212) 998-3672
Email: matthew.liao@nyu.edu