Arthur Caplan Quotes

#1. Do good in the name of children. Do good in the name of public health.

Arthur Caplan

#2. Bodies aren't the same as Coca-Cola cans.

Arthur Caplan

#3. The time to talk about it [genetic engineering to improve a baby's genes] in schools and churches and magazines and debate societies is now. If you wait, five years from now the gene doctor will be hanging out the MAKE A SMARTER BABY sign down the street.

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#4. The use of fetuses as organ and tissue donors is a ticking time bomb of bioethics.

Arthur Caplan

#5. The challenge is for bioethicists to position themselves to be on panels, boards and other decision making bodies where oublic policy positions wil be established-where the exploding changes in health care that are now underway will be addressed.

Arthur Caplan

#6. The more you start prohibiting donors, the more you are going to have less blood in the supply. It's still not clear you can get it from blood transfusions.

Arthur Caplan

#7. A moral principle in genetic testing is that it should always be done with the consent of the individual. No one wants someone snooping into his DNA.

Arthur Caplan

#8. With terminal illness, your fate is sealed. Morally, we're more comfortable with a situation where you don't cause death, but you hasten it. We think that's a bright line. Comparing the U.S. with Switzerland, where assisted suicide is legal for patients suffering 'intolerable health problems.'

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#9. There has never been just 'coach class' health care, but with these amenities you are seeing people get priorities according to your ability to pay. It's one thing to say you get perks; it's another to say you can buy your way to the head of the line.

Arthur Caplan