This reader includes classic writings (e.g. George Orwell) as well as more recent essays and congressional testimony about human cloning, genetic engineering, stem cell research, biotechnology, human nature, and American democracy. Editors Kristol ( The weekly standard ) and Cohen (the Ethics and Public Policy Center) write that they "have sought to include the best arguments on all sides, though of course many important articles and essays had to be left out. And taken as a whole, we have aimed to be fair, though we will candidly say that our intention is to awaken readers to the moral challenges of the Brave New World, so that we might set moral limits on biological `progress' before it is too late." Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)