Alfie Evans, and the value of a single human life
What is the value of a single human being?
Governments were established to secure human life, so what happened here?
The most obvious issue is this: “What is the meaning and value of a single human life?” It was a question that Dostoyevsky often asked. Can one kill an utterly useless and obnoxious human being with no consequences to himself?
In the case of infants, who is to decide this question of their worth? The parents? The doctors? The Health System? The Government? The Courts?
Little Alfie, may you rest in peace!
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