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Nature 450, 615 (29 November 2007) | doi:10.1038/450615a; Published online 28 November 2007
Science & politics The ethical regulation of science
Mary Warnock1
- Mary Warnock is a philosopher and an independent crossbench member of the House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW, UK.
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Abstract
Occasionally science makes procedures possible that are so radical that those at the interface between science and politics are called on to define moral standards for society.
When in 1978 the first baby was born by in vitro fertilization (IVF) it was inevitable that there would be calls for the procedure to be prohibited. That science develops too fast for morality had become the cliché of the twentieth century.
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