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Though he was not at the news conference, it was Mr. Doerflinger, the bishops' spokesman, who first accused the president of sending the nation into an ethical morass.
"His moral principle seems to be, if the killing has already been done, we can fund this research," Mr. Doerflinger said. "But by the time the scientists come forward with the next group of cell lines, that destruction will already have been done, too. And on we go. Where is the moral limit? On what basis will the president say no? I think it is an untenable and unstable policy."
<snip> ======== Indeed, and shows how relevant G A Cohen's articulation of Marx's ideas on property rights and the base-superstructure dynamic still is [KMTH, chapters 8,9,10] .
Ian