This essay explores the implications for religions of a genetic etiology of sexual orientation, using Judaism as an example. It begins with a brief overview of the current state of the scientific research into genetic elements of sexual orientation. Then it looks at contemporary attitudes toward...

This essay seeks to address a puzzling element of the current political and legal struggles over abortion in the United States: if, as pro-life activists insist, embryos are morally equivalent to born, living persons, then why do these activists not oppose in vitro fertilization (IVF) as...

This review essay discusses three recent books on the problem of "directed evolution," or genetic engineering, written from differing philosophical perspectives. The books are Babies by Design, by Ronald M. Green, Enhancing Evolution, by John Harris, and The Case against Perfection, by Michael...