Kass, Leon R.2019-09-252019-09-252014-12-022006http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12424/214776"The urgency of the great political struggles of the twentieth century and the new global struggle against terrorism and fanaticism seems to have blinded many people to a deep truth about the present age: nearly all contemporary societies, East as well as West, are traveling briskly in the same utopian direction. Nearly all are wedded to the modern technological project; all march eagerly to the drums of progress and fly proudly the banner of modern science; all sing loudly the Baconian anthem, “Conquer nature, relieve man's estate.” Leading the triumphal procession is modern medicine, which is daily becoming ever more powerful in its battle against disease, decay, and death, thanks especially to astonishing achievements in biomedical science and technology -achievements for which we must surely be grateful."spaCreative Commons Copyright (CC 2.5)human dignitybiologysciencehuman naturepsychopharmacology,Political ethicsEconomic ethicsTechnology ethicsBioethicsMedical ethicsArticle