Bioethicists are a mixed bag. On the one hand, you’ve got exemplary defenders of life and human dignity like Leon Kass, on the other you have people like Peter Singer, who think “quality of life” should determine a person’s dignity and worth. In other words, bioethics is like a box of chocolates – you never know what you’re gonna get. Which is why granting “bioethics committees” the power to make life and death decisions is never a good idea.