From owner-freebsd-chat Sun Jun 28 10:41:41 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA16607 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Sun, 28 Jun 1998 10:41:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from hwcn.org (ac199@james.hwcn.org [199.212.94.66]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA16598 for ; Sun, 28 Jun 1998 10:41:30 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from hoek@hwcn.org) Received: from localhost (ac199@localhost) by hwcn.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id NAA00976; Sun, 28 Jun 1998 13:34:50 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sun, 28 Jun 1998 13:34:49 -0400 (EDT) From: Tim Vanderhoek To: Eivind Eklund cc: drifter@stratos.net, Wes Peters , fpawlak@execpc.com, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Does it's true? In-Reply-To: <19980628172900.08399@follo.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sun, 28 Jun 1998, Eivind Eklund wrote: > This is depend very much on where you introduce humans and human > worth. IMO, human worth is connected to relationships, both to other > humans and to self. If you want to bring in 'potential' at an early > pre-born stage, you're on a slippery slope - what about the potential > of the kid you could have with the lady over on the right? We're Your theorized basis for human worth is showing. An infant at a pre-born stage has no relationships to other humans, therefore its only value can be derived from its "potential" value. However, as you rightly point out, the argument about "potential" value in a pre-born infant is mostly null (unless you can demonstrate that a particular pre-born was very genetically predisposed to developing at some point in the future many strong relationships with other humans). You may rightly guess that the value of a human is derived from more than just how many names said human can list. :-) -- Outnumbered? Maybe. Outspoken? Never! tIM...HOEk To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message