Fun with Moral Reasoning<\/strong><\/p>\n First, there\u2019s this<\/a>:<\/p>\n Suppose there is a fire in a fertility clinic. You are the only adult present, and there is a newborn baby and a tank of liquid nitrogen with 5,000 frozen embryos in the clinic. You can save only one of them before the place burns down \u2014 which would you choose?\u201c<\/p>\n \u2026.<\/p>\n Some of you might recognize the first part of that as one of my favorite things to collect: 27 Ninja Scenarios<\/a>\u2013That is, fantasy situations which 1). start with a preconceived notion (destructive embryonic research is morally acceptable) 2.) construct a scenario in which an act that ostensibly affirms the preconceived notion is the only sensible choice, and 3.) whistle past whole chunks of reality to make it work.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n