The journal's executive editor, Dr . Marcia Angell, said in her editorial of Sept . 29 that this rationale was " ethical relativism " that " could result in widespread exploitation of vulnerable Third World populations for research programs that could not be carried out in the sponsoring country ."
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Following the conference, Alessandro Pennesi, a professor at the Pontifical Lateran University reiterated the Vatican warnings and stated that he agreed with the sentiment that the New Age is based on " ethical relativism " and that it is not possible to " isolate some elements of New Age religiosity as acceptable to Christians, while rejecting others ."
