Volume 51, Number 4 · March 11, 2004
The Dawn of McScience
By Richard Horton
Science in the Private Interest: Has the Lure of Profits Corrupted Biomedical Research?
by Sheldon Krimsky
Rowman and Littlefield, 247 pp., $27.95
One of the most striking aspects of John Paul II's papal leadership has been his frequent and outspoken forays into science, especially the life sciences. His positions on abortion, sexuality, and contraception have alienated vast numbers of Catholics and non-Catholics. Many people had seen his tenure in the Vatican as an opportunity for progressive leadership on issues ranging from AIDS in Africa to the reproductive rights of women. They have been disappointed. But his staunch orthodoxy has had one unexpected, and some would say beneficial, consequence—a decisive opposition to the commercial exploitation of science.
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