Sentences with phrase «ethicists worry»

Despite the difference between the procedures, ethicists worry that approving the use of hollowed - out donor eggs for this technique would invite attempts to clone humans.

Other ethicists worry that fears of eugenics will be raised if testing can be done for less - serious conditions.

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Still others, like the Aristotelian virtue ethicists Alasdair MacIntyre and Stanley Hauerwas, worry that human beings who do unpleasant deeds are more likely to do them again.

Ethicists have always worried about «borderline situations,» in which clear rules do not yield clear direction, or about the «perplexed conscience,» which leaves a person bewildered in the midst of difficult decisions.

But ethicists already worry about a day when implants are so effective that even healthy people elect to upgrade, lest they fall behind like some obsolete computer.

«It sounds as if [they] are likely to proceed with cloning in humans despite animal data that raises concerns and worries about it,» says Mark Siegler, a doctor and ethicist at the University of Chicago.

Many environmentalists call geoengineering a false solution, ethicists often worry that it indicates a worrying hubris about human domination over nature, and some economists suggest that it would encourage decision makers to take on more climate risk.

Ethicist Stephen Gardiner has suggested a quite different reason for not worrying about the disincentive effects of geoengineering research.

I talk to several ethicists who say it's time to stop focusing on the unauthorized practice issue and instead worry about how best to regulate such companies in a way that best serves consumers.