I'm A Supporter Of Embryonic Stem Cell

First, Individual Rights Cannot Be Sacrificed For The Sake Of The General Good, And Second, The Principles Of Justice That Specify These Rights Cannot Be Premised On Any Particular Vision Of The Good Life. What Justifies The Rights Is Not That They Maximize The General Welfare Or Otherwise Promote The Good, But Rather That They Comprise A Fair Framework Within Which Individuals And Groups Can Choose Their Own Values And Ends, Consistent With A Similar Liberty For Others.

I Have A Broad But Not An Expert Or Scholarly Background In The Jewish Tradition. I've Tried To Learn What I Can From Childhood, But I Am Not An Expert On Jewish Teachings.

Today If You Look At Most Economic Textbooks, Economics Is Not Defined By Subject Matter. It's Presented As A Science Of Social Choice That Applies Not Only To Material Goods - Not Only To Flat-screen Televisions - But To Every Decision We Make, Whether It's To Get Married, Or To Stay Married, Whether To Have Children And How To Educate Those Children, Or How To Look After Our Health.

The Majority Of American States Had Laws By The 1930s That Allowed For Forced Sterilization Of Socially Undesirable Categories Of People, So-called Feeble-minded, For Example, And With Hitler Culminating In Genocide.

My Argument Is Not That We Must Never Intervene In Nature. My Argument Is That There Is A Moral Difference Between Intervention For The Sake Of Health, To Cure Or Prevent Disease, And Intervention For The Sake Of Achieving A Competitive Edge For Our Kids In A Consumer Society.