>The researchers argue that their work shows it is morally unacceptable... Science just tells you how things work not how they "ought" to work. The "ought" is

>The researchers argue that their work shows it is morally unacceptable... Science just tells you how things work not how they "ought" to work. The "ought" is the province of philosophers, and mystics. Unfortunately, atheists need someone to act as an authority for them on difficult moral questions, and so "Scientists" (with a capital S) are there preachers and prophets. BTW, I'm an atheist and I find it funny how other atheists want to replace religion with something like a religion that's just dressed up in "Science".