Complex moral and political dilemmas are often best understood through simple allegory. For example, Aesop’s Fables, Plato’s cave, and numerous New Testament parables explain to us what is right and what is just when even the most sophisticated analysis falls short. It is to these examples, and many others like them, that we turn to grant us moral clarity.
The House of Representatives will enter into just this sort of dilemma today when it considers whether or not to commit taxpayer funding to embryonic stem cell research. Thestory that comes to mind isn’t famous. In fact, I don’t recall how I learned it. But it is short, simple and it explains why I will vote against this and all other measures that destroy innocent human life.
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