Man and Techno-man

The Virtue of Prosperity: Finding Values in an Age of Techno-Affluence, by Dinesh D’Souza (Free Press, 284 pp., $26)

LAST August, Jack and Lisa Nash of Englewood, Colo., brought into the world a new son, Adam. As with his Biblical namesake, the birth of this Adam marked a milestone in human history. For he was conceived in a laboratory dish in order to provide disease-free blood cells for his sister, Molly, who was suffering from a rare and deadly form of anemia. Before implanting him in his mother’s womb, the parents rejected several other embryos that, it was discovered, carried genes for the disease too. The embryo that became Adam did not, and he thus became the first person brought into the world because his parents not only desired another child, but also wanted some of his “parts,” as a commentator put it.

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Leslie Lenkowsky

Leslie Lenkowsky is an emeritus professor at Indiana University and a member of IU Staff and Faculty for Israel.

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The Virtue of Prosperity: Finding Values in an Age of Techno-Affluence, by Dinesh D’Souza (Free Press, 284 pp., $26)

LAST August, Jack and Lisa Nash of Englewood, Colo., brought into the world a new son, Adam. As with his Biblical namesake, the birth of this Adam marked a milestone in human history. For he was conceived in a laboratory dish in order to provide disease-free blood cells for his sister, Molly, who was suffering from a rare and deadly form of anemia. Before implanting him in his mother’s womb, the parents rejected several other embryos that, it was discovered, carried genes for the disease too. The embryo that became Adam did not, and he thus became the first person brought into the world because his parents not only desired another child, but also wanted some of his “parts,” as a commentator put it.