From proponents of "responsible genetics" (Council for Responsible Genetics 1993) to defenders of our "genetic patrimony" as the "common heritage of all humanity" (Knoppers 1991), to the "anti-post-humanist" life cycle traditionalists, the prospect of "species altering experiments" which might "direct" human evolution is provoking resistance (Mehlman, 2012).
And since liberal democracy is constructed on the worship of humanist goals ("life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness" by citizens who are "created equal", as the American founders put it), then our new powers are going to tear liberal democracy apart.
Among the numerous tributes, French President Nicolas Sarkozy described him as "a great humanist, whose life and commitment are an example for the country and its youth".
He was a Forsterian humanist, treating each life on its own terms.
The sweet, humanist intent of "Life 360" is reflected in the closing remarks to Ms. Smith's segment.
Grayling struck us as a sort of exemplar of the humanist way of life, moving freely in his responses between an incredible range of topics with humor and wit.
Director Jafar Panahi, 52, is well known for his humanist films on life in Iran, but in 2010 he was put under house arrest and banned from filmmaking for 20 years.
He was thus known as the translator of works by Romantic poets, as well as for adopting a Messianic and Humanist perspective on life (notably present in his poems Floare şi genune, "Flower and Chasm"; Zile de durere, "Days of Sorrow"; and Plânsetul lui Adam, Adamm's Sobbing").
For Mr. Magee and for Wagner, philosophy entailed a humanist, analytic contemplation of life's mysteries.
Dr. Kenneth B. Clark was an eminent scholar, social activist and humanist, who dedicated his life to justice and social change.
