When I stepped on to the campus of Occidental College in the fall of 1973, the first assignment with which I was tasked was a paper for my Bioethics class. I didn’t really know what Bioethics was at the time. But incoming freshmen were to select from among a few intimidating choices – and I chose what seemed to be the least intimidating.

The initial assignment made me rethink that decision. I was charged with writing ten pages on whether or not it was acceptable to legislate morality.

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