WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 (UPI) -- Francis Fukuyama, a professor at the Johns Hopkins University Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, or SAIS, was appointed this week by President George W. Bush as a member of the recently created President's Council on Bioethics.
He will be one of 18 members on the council.
The council will advise the president on ethical and social issues related to biomedics and other areas of scientific research. The council will review such activities as "embryo and stem cell research, assisted reproduction, cloning, uses of knowledge and techniques derived from human genetics or the neurosciences, and end-of-life issues," a Jan. 16 White House statement says.
Fukuyama, the Bernard L. Schwartz Professor of Political Economy, has written widely on the human and political implications of modern technological society. His books include "The End of History and the Last Man" (1993), "The Great Disruption: Human Nature and the Reconstitution of Social Order" (2000), and a new book on biotechnology, "Our Posthuman Future: Consequences of the Biotechnology Revolution" set for April release.
