(September 14, 2015 at 11:43 am)Catholic_Lady Wrote: What I meant by that is that it's easy for us to value some lives more than others... for example, we care more about the people we love than we do all other people. But that does not necessarily mean that the life of someone we don't love is worth less than that of those we do.
The idea that some lives are worth less than others has led to some horrific things throughout history. And that's why I said we should strive to value all life equally. Even the people we don't love, and even the people we hate.
Whenever the preciousness of life comes up I always think about the non-human species. Our choices will determine whether there will be any useful habitat for any creature which doesn't itself serve us by way of its food value. It would be good if we took into consideration which ones we're willing to see go extinct so that we can squeeze in another billion people or two. Life is precious. But in a planet in danger of being overrun by human beings, human life is banal and even toxic to the web of life itself.
