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151 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 and have a separate session or even a subsection on religious perspectives? Because it seems to me that part of what Courtney's analysis suggests is that this is an area where religious traditions have not spoken out. They have not developed positions. And then he has to raise the question about how are we to interpret the silence. It seems to me that it would be much better in this particular report to fold whatever points that come out of this discussion, the religious section, into the broader ethical section rather than having a separate religious discussion. DR. MURRAY: I think that is how we see it right now. Isn't that right, Kathy? We just do not have the section on ethics discussion. We do not have the text there yet at least as I envision it. DR. HANNA: We do not have the other half so we cannot merge them but I think that would be -- that is what we had been planning on doing. DR. CHILDRESS: But the way it currently reads it looks as though it is going to be a section on ethics and then a section on religious perspectives. That is the reason for raising it. But if this is the direction then

152 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 let me affirm that direction. DR. MURRAY: I think we agree with you. We would like to see it unfold as you have suggested. DR. SHAPIRO: If I may comment just on this issue. I think we are in a very different position on this issue on this subject as Jim has just said than we were before. Not only have we heard substantial public testimony on that issue last time and we found out that these groups have been thinking a long time about these issues. It is totally different in this case so I think not only should we merge it but it is not clear to me just which of these ideas at the moment are worthy of our inclusion. That is yet to be decided. It is going to be -- my guess is it will be a small subset of what is there. That is my sense right now but we will wait and see. NEXT STEPS DR. MURRAY: We have to decide what to do next now. Go out on a limb. Clearly we do not have agreement on all points. We do not have full clarity on all points speaking today. I think, though, much of that is within our grasp. I wish we had another two days to spend together hammering out differences. We do not have that luxury.

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let me affirm that direction.<br />

DR. MURRAY: I th<strong>in</strong>k we agree with you. We<br />

would like to see it unfold as you have suggested.<br />

DR. SHAPIRO: If I may comment just on this<br />

issue. I th<strong>in</strong>k we are <strong>in</strong> a very different position on this<br />

issue on this subject as Jim has just said than we were<br />

before. Not only have we heard substantial public<br />

testimony on that issue last time and we found out that<br />

these groups have been th<strong>in</strong>k<strong>in</strong>g a long time about these<br />

issues.<br />

It is totally different <strong>in</strong> this case so I th<strong>in</strong>k<br />

not only should we merge it but it is not clear to me just<br />

which of these ideas at the moment are worthy of our<br />

<strong>in</strong>clusion. That is yet to be decided. It is go<strong>in</strong>g to be<br />

-- my guess is it will be a small subset of what is there.<br />

That is my sense right now but we will wait and see.<br />

NEXT STEPS<br />

DR. MURRAY: We have to decide what to do next<br />

now. Go out on a limb.<br />

Clearly we do not have agreement on all po<strong>in</strong>ts.<br />

We do not have full clarity on all po<strong>in</strong>ts speak<strong>in</strong>g today.<br />

I th<strong>in</strong>k, though, much of that is with<strong>in</strong> our grasp. I wish<br />

we had another two days to spend together hammer<strong>in</strong>g out<br />

differences. We do not have that luxury.

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