(January 10, 2016 at 9:04 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: It means that something is inherently valuable... that is, valuable by its very nature.I disagree. Most humans value most human life. We've evolved as a social species, so that makes sense, But if Joe is an ax murderer, most humans won't value Joe's life precisely because we've evolved as a social species. Other than human sentiment, Joe's life has no value inherent or otherwise.
I believe human life is objectively valuable.
That means that even if not a single person cares about Joe's life, for example, his life still has value. In the same way that water is inherently wet, human life is inherently valuable. They are those things by their very nature.
What is it about human life that makes it intrinsically valuable? Is other life intrinsically valuable? Why and to whom? Don't make any subjective judgments. Even if the answer is to God, you'll find his purported reasons are subjective.
If there is a god, I want to believe that there is a god. If there is not a god, I want to believe that there is no god.
