<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The author examines our conflicting attitudes regarding the proper value of human life. While the main issue initially appears to deal with whether or not human life has an intrinsic (or absolute) value, it turns out that a far more important and complex issue concerns the tension between the equal value of every human life and the differences in the quality of one’s life. The author discusses the views of Kant, Schweitzer, Berlin, Scheler, and then Hartmann, in whose views the author recognizes the most important contributions to this puzzle.</p></abstract>

The author examines our conflicting attitudes regarding the proper value of human life. While the main issue initially appears to deal with whether or not human life has an intrinsic (or absolute) value, it turns out that a far more important and complex issue concerns the tension between the equal value of every human life and the differences in the quality of one’s life. The author discusses the views of Kant, Schweitzer, Berlin, Scheler, and then Hartmann, in whose views the author recognizes the most important contributions to this puzzle.

On the puzzling value of human life

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The author examines our conflicting attitudes regarding the proper value of human life. While the main issue initially appears to deal with whether or not...

On the puzzling value of human life

Published Online: Dec 30, 2017

Page range: 155 - 168

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ebce-2017-0013

Keywords
antinomies of values, equal value of human lives, intrinsic value, quality of life

© 2017 Predrag Cicovacki, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

On the puzzling value of human life

Published Online: Dec 30, 2017

Page range: 155 - 168

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ebce-2017-0013

Keywordsantinomies of values, equal value of human lives, intrinsic value, quality of life

© 2017 Predrag Cicovacki, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
antinomies of values, equal value of human lives, intrinsic value, quality of life