Arthur Caplan
Arthur Caplan
Arthur L. Caplan, Ph.D., is the Drs. William F. and Virginia Connolly Mitty Professor of Bioethics at New York University's Langone Medical Center. He is the founding director of NYULMC's Division of Medical Ethics. According to Google Scholar, his published books and articles have resulted in an H-index of 47 and an I10-index of 87, since 2009...
running cloning different
[Cloning] can't make you immortal because clearly the clone is a different person. If I take twins and shoot one of them, it will be faint consolation to the dead one that the other one is still running around, even though they are genetically identical. So the road to immortality is not through cloning.
dna done want
A moral principle in genetic testing is that it should always be done with the consent of the individual. No one wants someone snooping into his DNA.
fall kids doors
Renegade scientists and totalitarian loonies are not the folks most likely to abuse genetic engineering. You and I are-not because we are bad but because we want to do good. In a world dominated by competition, parents understandably want to give their kids every advantage. ... The most likely way for eugenics to enter into our lives is through the front door as nervous parents ... will fall over one another to be first to give Junior a better set of genes.
body coca-cola
Bodies aren't the same as Coca-Cola cans.
blood donors clear
The more you start prohibiting donors, the more you are going to have less blood in the supply. It's still not clear you can get it from blood transfusions.
children names public-health
Do good in the name of children. Do good in the name of public health.
decision challenges body
The challenge is for bioethicists to position themselves to be on panels, boards and other decision making bodies where oublic policy positions wil be established-where the exploding changes in health care that are now underway will be addressed.
use bombs tissues
The use of fetuses as organ and tissue donors is a ticking time bomb of bioethics.
money class people
There has never been just 'coach class' health care, but with these amenities you are seeing people get priorities according to your ability to pay. It's one thing to say you get perks; it's another to say you can buy your way to the head of the line.
suicide fate science
With terminal illness, your fate is sealed. Morally, we're more comfortable with a situation where you don't cause death, but you hasten it. We think that's a bright line. Comparing the U.S. with Switzerland, where assisted suicide is legal for patients suffering 'intolerable health problems.'
starting sure threat
I'm sure there is no threat to anyone's identity. But we are starting down that road.
ethics number policy question seems vaccine
It seems to me the number one vaccine policy question has as much to do with ethics as science.
damaged tried
I think that may have damaged some of what he tried to accomplish.
carefully human hurting interests past research stick subjects sure welfare wound
Research in the past has wound up abusing, harming or hurting people. You want to stick to these regulations as carefully as possible, because they really make sure the welfare and interests of human subjects are protected.