Michelle Kirtley, PhD, is a senior research analyst in the Department of Molecular Genetics & Microbiology at Duke University. Prior to joining Duke, Michelle was a consultant on bioethics and public policy at the Center for Bioethics & Human Dignity and a science and health policy advisor for two members of Congress.
The public bioethics conversations of the twenty-first century will be much more nuanced and complicated than the abortion debate of the last fifty years. If we want to speak thoughtfully about how these and other technologies are shaping our future, we will need to move beyond a reductionist approach to human dignity.
Date posted: 2024-05-26