About Mark A. Bedau Mark A. Bedau is Professor of Philosophy and Humanities at Reed College, Adjunct Professor of Systems Science at Portland State University, and Editor-in-Chief of the MIT Press journal Artificial Life. Books by Mark A. Bedau The Ethics of Protocells Moral and Social Implications of Creating Life in the Laboratory edited by Mark A. Bedau, Emily C. Parke & Arthur L. Caplan contributions by Gaymon Bennett, Giovanni Boniolo, Carl Cranor, Bill Durodié, Mickey Gjerris, Brigitte Hantsche-Tangen, Christine Hauskeller, Andrew Hessel, Brian Johnson, George Khushf, Alain Pottage, Paul Rabinow, Per Sandin, Joachim Schummer, Mark Triant & Laurie Zoloth