Chris Mooney noticed this careful dissection of the ideas for “getting around” the ethical problems associated with using embryonic stem cells in research. It is a nice, thorough review of these ideas and how problematic they are. We’re, frankly, much less impressed with the entire discussion than are either Chris or other critics. But we’ve already made that argument ad nauseum. It is an open question why the council has pursued the questions it has chosen to pursue.
Labels: ad nauseum, Hurlbut, pesky definitions, President’s Council on Bioethics, stem cell research