I hear it depends on where human worth is measured. That is revolting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Human life is human life.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n One may still call some kinds of \u2018human being\u2019 less of a life \u2015 for instance, an anencephalic (born brainless) child who is bound to die without experiencing any human feelings or insights. I understand this is debatable, at least.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But human life in full capacity, just being contingent on the money such or so a person can spend?<\/p>\n\n\n\n The real worth of human life doesn\u2019t depend on that at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Unborn human life<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Without going into the issue of abortion<\/a>, one can still compare the aborted life and the miserable adult’s life ending on the other side of the world and the money spectrum. If the former is worthy of much deontological conundrum, then what about millions of the latter?<\/p>\n\n\n\n There is a massive incongruence at play. Pro-life movements should make a corresponding choice in this. There is much human life to be saved at relatively little expense. The question is not about one life or the other. There is no balance \u2015 only incongruence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n So, please, tell me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Is \u2018the other side\u2019 too far away?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Dying from poverty isn\u2019t necessarily a far away issue, geographically or visually. Just turn on that screen or google something if you\u2019re at the blog-wiki.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Moreover, the other side of the material world isn\u2019t far away. Look at it from 4 light hours distance. That is, go to Neptune and look at our little globe if you can even see it with your telescope. Does one side appear far away from the other?<\/p>\n\n\n\n It\u2019s about empathy.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Empathy doesn\u2019t save lives except by being turned into positive action. By itself, it\u2019s just something that comes easier with a perception of nearness than of distance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This shows that empathy isn\u2019t rational, nor irrational, but a-rational. Valuing rationality, empathy by itself is not enough for making important decisions. Note how AURELIS is about rationality and depth<\/a>. In the worthiness of human life, we can see an example of its importance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Empathy is very much OK in the combination. Rationality without it is also to be avoided. For instance, it could look at a million human lives as merely a statistic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Rationality can make empathy more empathic.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n And vice versa. This is the only way to properly value human life, even while it immediately shows the horrible situation of the present world in several ways. At least, we can then much better go forward toward making it a better world, a more humane and Compassionate<\/a> one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It\u2019s the responsibility of those who can take responsibility, not of all others, but each individually.<\/p>\n