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Leon R. Kass is an American physician, scientist, and educator who holds the title of Addie Clark Harding Professor Emeritus at the University of Chicago. A prominent figure in bioethics and conservative intellectual thought, he served as the chairman of the President's Council on Bioethics from 2001 to 2005.
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Yoram Hazony
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Yoram Hazony and Leon Kass have participated in public discussions and events on conservatism, nationalism, and Jewish thought. Kass has engaged with Hazony's ideas in his writings and lectures.
Since 2010
Daniel Polisar
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Leon Kass has participated in Shalem Center and Tikvah Fund educational programs, teaching and lecturing on great books and political philosophy. His approach to liberal education through classic texts aligns with Polisar's vision for Shalem College's curriculum.
Eric Cohen
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Leon Kass served as chairman of the President's Council on Bioethics where Cohen served as senior advisor. Kass's philosophical approach to bioethics — emphasizing human dignity, the 'wisdom of repugnance,' and skepticism toward unfettered biotechnological progress — profoundly shaped Cohen's intellectual framework and editorial vision for The New Atlantis.
Since 2001