Further Thoughts on the Biological Revolution
In last month’s issue, Harvard historian Donald Fleming, in his article ”On Living in a Biological Revolution,” ventured a contemplative summary of recent scientific discoveries that bring us closer to “the manufacture of man.”That this scientific ambition is controversial, on both scientific and humanistic grounds, is amply borne out by these comments, all written in response to the Fleming article by men distinguished for their own work in genetics or related fields.