The statement "all life is equally valuable" has become a favourite amongst the pseudo peace lovers and the quasi purists. they believe that all life - animals, rapists, murderers and regular people - is equally important and valuable.
I do not agree with this statement. I would be absolutely disgusted and depressed at the very thought that mu life is only as valuable as a rapist's life. No, sir, all life is not equally valuable.
There are some interesting conundrums that can arise from the statement "all life is worth saving". I'll discuss one presently.
Let us imagine that you have a pet dog. Obviously, you love this dog very much - it's a member of you family. After many years of happiness and cherished memories together, your poor dog has a fatal disease (do dogs get cancer?).
Now, if you knew this, you would not want your dog to suffer any (further) pain. You would want to put your dog out of its misery and put it to rest "humanely" (oh, the irony!).
If you don't do so, you would be considered inhuman and cruel. How dare you make the dog suffer in pain like that?!
Yet, if a member of your real, human family goes into a coma and is being kept alive only on a ventilator or a life support system, would you "pull the plug", to be crude? I don't think so.
The person in this situation is experiencing just as much pain as your dog, if not more. When you put a dog to rest humanely, why is it considered inhuman to let a person in misery to die "humanely"? You let a dog die humanely, but why wont you let a human die humanely but much rather make him live hell on earth?
All life is worth saving. All life is equally valuable.
Yet, when the situation really presents itself in your face, you would be much less guilt laden about letting a dog die than a human.
Doesnt this show that you value human life more than a dog's life?
The notion behind "all life is equally valuable" is rght and admirable. But in truth, all life is not equally valuable.
I do not agree with this statement. I would be absolutely disgusted and depressed at the very thought that mu life is only as valuable as a rapist's life. No, sir, all life is not equally valuable.
There are some interesting conundrums that can arise from the statement "all life is worth saving". I'll discuss one presently.
Let us imagine that you have a pet dog. Obviously, you love this dog very much - it's a member of you family. After many years of happiness and cherished memories together, your poor dog has a fatal disease (do dogs get cancer?).
Now, if you knew this, you would not want your dog to suffer any (further) pain. You would want to put your dog out of its misery and put it to rest "humanely" (oh, the irony!).
If you don't do so, you would be considered inhuman and cruel. How dare you make the dog suffer in pain like that?!
Yet, if a member of your real, human family goes into a coma and is being kept alive only on a ventilator or a life support system, would you "pull the plug", to be crude? I don't think so.
The person in this situation is experiencing just as much pain as your dog, if not more. When you put a dog to rest humanely, why is it considered inhuman to let a person in misery to die "humanely"? You let a dog die humanely, but why wont you let a human die humanely but much rather make him live hell on earth?
All life is worth saving. All life is equally valuable.
Yet, when the situation really presents itself in your face, you would be much less guilt laden about letting a dog die than a human.
Doesnt this show that you value human life more than a dog's life?
The notion behind "all life is equally valuable" is rght and admirable. But in truth, all life is not equally valuable.
I see it more of a justified plea supporting euthanasia
ReplyDeleteI didnt intend it to be like that, but i have no problems if you look at it that way either.
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