Françoise Baylis
@francoisebaylis.bsky.social
Author “Altered Inheritance: CRISPR and the Ethics of Human Genome Editing"; Philosopher; Distinguished Research Professor Emerita, Dalhousie University; Governing Board International Science Council; President-Elect of the Royal Society of Canada
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November 6, 2025 at 3:27 AM
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Also worth thinking about “moral residue”. See Webster, G., & Baylis, F. (2000). Moral residue. In S. Rubin, & L. Zoloth (Eds.), Margin of error: The ethics of mistakes in the practice of medicine (pp. 217-230). Hagerstown, Md: University Publishing Group.
November 6, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Also worth thinking about “moral residue”. See Webster, G., & Baylis, F. (2000). Moral residue. In S. Rubin, & L. Zoloth (Eds.), Margin of error: The ethics of mistakes in the practice of medicine (pp. 217-230). Hagerstown, Md: University Publishing Group.
Hard to know.
Andre Picard writes: “There’s only one obvious motive: to launch a McCarthyesque witch hunt of researchers they deem to be beneficiaries of diversity, inclusion, & equity policies….this committee has been obsessed with DEI, and has provided a pulpit for some of its fiercest critics.”
Andre Picard writes: “There’s only one obvious motive: to launch a McCarthyesque witch hunt of researchers they deem to be beneficiaries of diversity, inclusion, & equity policies….this committee has been obsessed with DEI, and has provided a pulpit for some of its fiercest critics.”
November 4, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Hard to know.
Andre Picard writes: “There’s only one obvious motive: to launch a McCarthyesque witch hunt of researchers they deem to be beneficiaries of diversity, inclusion, & equity policies….this committee has been obsessed with DEI, and has provided a pulpit for some of its fiercest critics.”
Andre Picard writes: “There’s only one obvious motive: to launch a McCarthyesque witch hunt of researchers they deem to be beneficiaries of diversity, inclusion, & equity policies….this committee has been obsessed with DEI, and has provided a pulpit for some of its fiercest critics.”