The ‘shining wires’ of bioethics: the desire for human perfection
The expression of deep ethical concerns by the prolife movement parallels the development of contemporary "bioethics." Those ethical concerns relate to the death-dealing "shining wires" and controls hidden in the undergrowth of human determination, not only to heal but to achieve the unlimited perfection of the human race. That determination is eugenic in nature. Darwin is noted to have written, "We civilized [...]