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September 1985 (Volume 63)
Quarterly Article
Mary Warnock
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A parliamentary committee of inquiry was convened in response to growing concern-among the general public and the scientific community-about new techniques in human fertilization and research in embryology. The committee had to enter that jurisprudential minefield, the theoretical relation between morality and the law. When issues arise in which there is no historical tradition, the voice of morality may be genuinely confused and uncertain. But the law, unlike moral opinion, cannot be contradictory; it must be definite, unambiguous, and universally applicable.
Author(s): Mary Warnock
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Volume 63, Issue 3 (pages 504–522) Published in 1985
