Stem Cells and “Reasonable Interpretations”

Stem Cells and “Reasonable Interpretations”: Determining congressional intent may seem like a long reach from interpreting divine providence, but in the final analysis they both call on the most sincere and consistent exercise of flawed human judgments. Two recent examples, both involving embryonic stem cell research, remind us that science is creating new challenges for the moral life that we must confront in spite of these all-too-human limitations.

Editor: It seems ironic somehow that this writer is pleading human frailty while arguing in favor of human exploitation.