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Leon Kass

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  • Code of Hammurabi
    ethics
    / Bioethics

    …forcefully stated by the bioethicist Leon Kass, who appealed to what he called, in the title of a 1997 essay, “The Wisdom of Repugnance.”

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    …forcefully stated by the bioethicist Leon Kass, who appealed to what he called, in the title of a 1997 essay, “The Wisdom of Repugnance.”

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  • Aristotle
    philosophy of biology
    / Social and ethical issues

    The American bioethicist Leon Kass, for example, argues that any attempt to change or direct the natural reproductive processes is morally wrong, because it is an essential part of the human condition to accept whatever nature produces, however inconvenient or unpleasant it may be.

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    The American bioethicist Leon Kass, for example, argues that any attempt to change or direct the natural reproductive processes is morally wrong, because it is an essential part of the human condition to accept whatever nature produces, however inconvenient or unpleasant it may be.

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