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| September 01, 2001 | Blackford, Russell | COPYRIGHT 2001 Quadrant Magazine Company, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

IN DEFENDING HER BOOK The Ethical Canary and her general approach to bioethical issues, Margaret Somerville (Quadrant, July-August 2001), protests my use of robust language such as "superstition" to describe certain of her views. She alleges, further, that advocates of scientific "progress" (the shudder quotes are hers) often employ the "device" of labelling opponents "irrational, hysterical or ignorant". In conclusion, she suggests that I have either failed to recognise arguments against my own ethical and political position or have undervalued those arguments, dismissing them unreflectively. Accordingly, so she says, it is "ironic" that I find an element of unfairness ...

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