Julie Shapiro (Seattle): A Lesbian Centered Critique of Genetic Parenthood. From The Philosophers' Magazine, a review of Choosing Children: The Ethical Dilemmas of Genetic Intervention by Jonathan Glover. Sex should be secular: The Catholic church is bringing a range of contradictory arguments to bear in its opposition to IVF rights for lesbians and single parents. More and more on David Levy's Love + Sex With Robots: The Evolution of Human-Robot Relationships. The consequences of robot autonomy: As the robot population expands in scope and number, their humanoid characteristics diminish. Chimeraphobia: Anthony Cox on how fear of chimeras is interfering with a rational assessment of DNA research. The introduction to Body-Self Dualism in Contemporary Ethics and Politics by Patrick Lee and Robert P. George. Beyond human nature: Norman Geras reviews The Meaning of Life by Terry Eagleton. A review of Better Never to Have Been: The Harm of Coming into Existence by David Benatar. From Cato Unbound, old people are people too: Aubrey De Grey on why it is our duty to fight aging to the death. A review of Death's Door: Modern Dying and the Ways We Grieve by Sandra M Gilbert. Death in the family: Booth Gardner, a former governor of Washington State who has Parkinson’s, is urgently lobbying for a doctor-assisted-suicide law — his son is among those fighting him every step of the way. Weep for the Grim Reaper: As cremation becomes more popular, funeral homes get burned. From Wired, Scott Carney goes inside India's underground trade in human remains.
