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What does it mean?
Spock questions the value of keeping children healthy if they are later killed in war.
In plain terms
Why save children only to lose them to war?
What can you take from it?
Peace is essential for child health to matter.

Where it applies

  • activism
  • ethics
  • community

Putting it to work

  • work for peace
  • advocate
  • reflect on cause

Questions to consider

  • What saves lives in the long run?
  • How do you define purpose?

Another view

Health is valuable regardless of future risks.

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