Separating Science from Ethics
Fort Wayne Catholic bishop John D’Arcy John D’Arcy spoke on Obama’s recent actions allowing the federal government to directly fund the destruction of “embryonic human beings in order to advance stem cell research.” He regards it as an imposition of the will of the powerful on the powerless. Oppression, in other words. His thoughts were spot on, I think. Here’s a sample:
“The president, while claiming to separate science from politics, has, in fact, separated science from ethics. He has brought the American government into supporting the direct destruction of innocent human life… President Obama claims that his decision sets aside ideology in order to advance sound scientific research. The opposite is actually the truth. This decision by the president is an imposition of a utilitarian ideology, which allows a group of human beings that some believe, do not share human dignity, to be used and exploited. Human history, of course, is rife with examples of the strong dominating the weak and defenseless.”
