Sounds plausible, logical, and irrefutable. Problem is when you attempt to maximize benefit to BOTH society and individuals, compromises creep in. That 90 year old person in the old folks home who never married and has outlived her friends; why keep her around? She costs society $25-50K per year in payments to her old folks’ home. Isn’t that money better spent on educating 2.5-5 kids in a CA public school for one year?
That’s absurd.
Christianity says each and every individual has intrinsic value. Protect the weak and innocent. Seems okay to me. Otherwise, ad absurdum, you get developments like the Nazis, who decided that Jews, gypsies, and Slavs were unworthy of living.
Are you implying that if you’re not a Christian, then you’re a Nazi (or similar) and you are a fan of genocide? If so, please clarify. If I’m not a Christian, am I evil?
If each and every individual has intrinsic value, does that include gay people? What about muslims during the crusades? Were they valued too? Perhaps a little less? Is there a formula somewhere – some kind of quiz, with points?
