The Value of a Human Being

What grounds human worth beyond intelligence, productivity, independence, or status?

This essay hasn’t been written yet. It will take up questions like these:

• If a machine can out-think us, what about a person is still worth honoring?
• Is human dignity something earned, conferred, or recognized?
• What do the weak, the very young, and the dying tell us about worth?

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