" Brigham Young University students must gather the intellectual and moral resources to combat abortion, same-sex marriage and moral relativity, Oxford University philosophy professor Daniel Robinson said Monday before a capacity crowd of more than 200 in the Lee Library Auditorium. "

"The catch for Americans with strong religious convictions, Scheufele believes, is that nanotechnology, biotechnology and stem cell research are lumped together as means to enhance human qualities. In short, researchers are viewed as "playing God""

"cloning" applied broadly, to stem cell research using blastocysts

"Objections to such scientific advances have been voiced by many, including Kass, Sandal and Fukuyama. But perhaps the most famous and influential voice is that of the German philosopher and social theorist Jurgen Habermas."

"I look forward to our genetically enhanced post-human future, frightening as the possibility of profound biological change may be. However, pounding on Habermas's arguments isn't very challenging."

"If we are to be destroyed, I am now convinced that it will not be a neutral or malevolent force that will do us in, but one that is benevolent... he has issued the ultimate challenge, I believe, to our entire concept of the meaning of humanness."