Indignity and Bioethics


	Indignity and Bioethics

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5-26-2008 1:48 PM

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bio-ethics, steven pinker

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5-26-2008 3:47 PM

syncopath

To me, it seems a dreadful indignity to have a soul
controlled by geography.
George Santayana

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