Leon Kass (of the President’s Council on Bioethics) is glad to murder people so long as it’s “natural”, for example. He wouldn’t pull out a gun and shoot you, but he wants you to die of old age and he’d be happy to pass legislation to ensure it.
Does anyone have sources to support this conclusion about Kass’s views? I tracked down a transcript of an interview he gave that was cited on a longevity website, but it doesn’t support that characterization at all. He does express concerns about greatly increased lifespans, but makes clear that he sees both sides. He opposed regulation of aging research:
Does anyone have sources to support this conclusion about Kass’s views? I tracked down a transcript of an interview he gave that was cited on a longevity website, but it doesn’t support that characterization at all. He does express concerns about greatly increased lifespans, but makes clear that he sees both sides. He opposed regulation of aging research:
http://www.sagecrossroads.net/files/transcript13.pdf