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In 2002, [[George W. Bush|President Bush]] appointed Kass, a University of Chicago bioethicist, as head of the [[President's Council on Bioethics]]. Kass appointed the other 17 members, many of whom were associated with the neoconservative religious magazine ''[[First Things]]''.<ref>Ronald Bailey, [http://www.reason.com/news/show/34752.html Tallying the New Bioethics Council: Has Leon Kass stacked the deck?], reasononline, 23 January 2002.</ref> | In 2002, [[George W. Bush|President Bush]] appointed Kass, a University of Chicago bioethicist, as head of the [[President's Council on Bioethics]]. Kass appointed the other 17 members, many of whom were associated with the neoconservative religious magazine ''[[First Things]]''.<ref>Ronald Bailey, [http://www.reason.com/news/show/34752.html Tallying the New Bioethics Council: Has Leon Kass stacked the deck?], reasononline, 23 January 2002.</ref> | ||
A ''Reason'' article on the appointment offered this pen portrait: | A ''Reason'' article on the appointment offered this pen portrait: | ||
| − | ::Let's start with the boss. Leon Kass is a physician and philosopher with a decidedly anti-modernist bent. A disciple of University of Chicago anti-modernist philosopher Leo Strauss, Kass has long believed that the Enlightenment was something of a mistake. In his view, its focus on individual rights and individual conscience undermines the traditional bases for morality.<ref>Ronald Bailey, [http://www.reason.com/news/show/34752.html Tallying the New Bioethics Council: Has Leon Kass stacked the deck?], reasononline, 23 January 2002.</ref> | + | ::Let's start with the boss. Leon Kass is a physician and philosopher with a decidedly anti-modernist bent. A disciple of University of Chicago anti-modernist philosopher Leo Strauss, Kass has long believed that the Enlightenment was something of a mistake. In his view, its focus on individual rights and individual [[conscience]] undermines the traditional bases for morality.<ref>Ronald Bailey, [http://www.reason.com/news/show/34752.html Tallying the New Bioethics Council: Has Leon Kass stacked the deck?], reasononline, 23 January 2002.</ref> |
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In 2002, President Bush appointed Kass, a University of Chicago bioethicist, as head of the President's Council on Bioethics. Kass appointed the other 17 members, many of whom were associated with the neoconservative religious magazine First Things.[1]
A Reason article on the appointment offered this pen portrait:
- Let's start with the boss. Leon Kass is a physician and philosopher with a decidedly anti-modernist bent. A disciple of University of Chicago anti-modernist philosopher Leo Strauss, Kass has long believed that the Enlightenment was something of a mistake. In his view, its focus on individual rights and individual conscience undermines the traditional bases for morality.[2]
Affiliations
- Shalem Center - Shalem Foundation Board
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References
- ↑ Ronald Bailey, Tallying the New Bioethics Council: Has Leon Kass stacked the deck?, reasononline, 23 January 2002.
- ↑ Ronald Bailey, Tallying the New Bioethics Council: Has Leon Kass stacked the deck?, reasononline, 23 January 2002.
