WSJ Columnist Asks if Women Saved by Boyfriends in Aurora Theater Shooting Were Worth It

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25. It's an absurd question

"I would think that is a VERY reasonable question ..." It's an absurd question. Who determines the value or worth of a person? The vast majority of us know people who, if asked that specific question, would answer that we are worth nothing. We also know people who would tell us that we are worth everything and more to them.


And I would think that is a most unreasonable question-- we do not save lives because they have more of, or less of an intrinsic value or worth , we save lives because it's the right thing to do. Period.


Anyone who believes of themselves it's even possible to determine that "ethical quotient" is either lying to themselves, not examined the question in and of itself very closely, or simply challenged in a most profound and absurd way re: human behavior.