THE PRESIDENTIAL BIOETHICS COUNCIL has a super-interesting “bookshelf” website with suggested readings on different topics and sample study-guide-type questions. Really fascinating stuff, from Homer through contemporary short-story writers (good choices). And the selections + questions seem to me to highlight both the strong and weak points of Virginia Postrel-type biotech-enthusiasts, Leon Kass-type bio-skeptics, and all between. I’ve added a couple of their picks to my reading lists. (Via Oxblog.)