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Assumptions

“biotechnology should not and cannot…be controlled” (184).

Self-regulation will not work because of commercial self-interest (184).

Theology, philosophy, and politics should not interfere with technological development (185).

Scientific research is automatically self-justifying (185).

“Science cannot establish the ends to which it is put” (185).

Only “theology, philosophy, and politics” can determine whether science’s ends are good or not (185).

Science is “just a tool for achieving human ends” (186).

“technological advance cannot be regulated…all such efforts are self-defeating and doomed to failure” (187).

The unborn wish to be free of birth defects but not to be a clone (187).

The state must intervene to protect the rights of the unborn (187).

No nation can ban technology because it will move offshore (188).

The pace and scope of technological development CAN be controlled (188).

International agreements on regulations are hard to negotiate and enforce (188).

It IS possible to control pornography and free speech on the internet (188).

Regulation, in order to work, must be international in scope (190).

We must start with national-level regulation; international regulation will follow (190).

Asian countries are most likely to opt out of international regulation of biotechnology (193).

International regulation will require “the traditional tools of diplomacy” (193).

International regulation does not mean the inevitable creation of an international organization or a groaning bureaucracy.  Nations just need “to harmonize their regulatory policies” (194).