“Moral Questions of an Altogether Different Kind:” Progressive Politics in the Biotech Age
Tuesday, 23 February 2010
by MARCY DARNOVSKY
Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution was far more than an advance in scientific understanding. It famously upended traditional ways of thinking about the origins of life and the place of humanity in history and the cosmos. Especially in the United States, some religious believers came to see the theory as a challenge to basic tenets of their faith, which opened up societal and political rifts that remain gaping today. But recent developments in human biotechnology have the potential to surpass the political and cultural intensity triggered by those earlier debates.
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