The President's Council on Bioethics has written a paper addressing just what it means to be human.
Do "Silas Marner" and Walt Whitman and Achilles have anything to do with debates over the harvesting of microscopic human cells or the development of antidepressants?
Yes, as it turns out, they do. In fact, "Being Human" may be the most unusual document ever produced by any government panel.
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