We cannot diminish the value of one category of human life - the unborn - without diminishing the value of all human life.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Valuing some lives over others undermines the concept of universal human worth.
- In plain terms
- Devaluing the unborn devalues all human life.
- What can you take from it?
- Human life value should be consistent across all groups.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do we define human value?
- Where does life begin?
Another view
It assumes moral equivalence between potential and existing life.
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