Problem
Identify the following argument from analogy. Work out a table of similarities and differences for the cases being compared. Is the analogy strong? Support your evaluation.
Families are mini-civilizations; experience and research show that they are the best means of rearing our young into fulfilled adulthood. But families are the prisons that can deform individuals for life and whose private arrangements generate fantastic inequality for society beyond. We hear much about the benefits of family, too little about the degree family can be bad for children and our wider society. -- "Why Too Much Care for Your Child Can Harm Society" The Observer (London: 2/3/2008).