Is one human life worth more than another?

[sean]

Originally Posted by smoothmoniker

Among the many, many problems I have with Singer, he thinks that children younger than 2 and the mentally handicapped and have no inherent value, and can be killed for any reason, including the simple convenience of the caregiver.

Singer is the living reductio ad absurdum of utilitarianism.

Well maybe reductio ad absurdum is part of his argument.

Its all very well to grumble at the uncompromising nature of some consequentialist conclusions, but unless you can provide coherent alternatives, you're stuck on the same path.

So what are those alternatives? Something from outer space? Tablets of stone?