Commentary It’s deeply ironic that while our predecessors thought the most important use of human will was to escape slavery to our own harmful appetites and judgements, “choice” is now cited as the most important moral authority for whatever is chosen. It’s as if personal choice makes something good, despite the obvious fact we may choose something bad—bad for ourselves, and maybe bad for others, now or in future. For more than a half-century, we have been in the midst of an unprecedented legal war against the traditional moral constraints posed by our own biological nature, especially by childbirth and dying. At the same time, we play it both ways. If we want to behave in ways we know are deemed morally wrong, we simply cite biology as our authority, as if to say we can’t help ourselves because we’re victims of our own nature. In particular, we demand freedom …