They envisioned a more centrist approach to abortion and a more deeply examined stance on stem cell research, which is as much anethicalissue as a religious one.
But even if you don't believe there is anethicalissue here - and there are plenty of free-marketeers who argue morals have no place in markets - there is another consideration.
In Goldman and other companies, who will own the responsibility for the moral and ethical spirit of the organization is an important issue in business leadership.
Another issue, raised in an editorial in Science by Stanford bioethicists, is the lack of ethical safeguards for women who donate eggs to be used in therapeutic cloning research.