the idea of human life as the most important value.
It’s very difficult it’s sort of counter intuitive to people, they’re fine with saving lives in a vaccum, but when you have adversarial dynamics between cultures, going to war seems heroic and important. Moreover the political reality is not of lives of equal value, value of your life depends mostly on where and to whom you were born, and what power you wield.
It’s very difficult it’s sort of counter intuitive to people, they’re fine with saving lives in a vaccum, but when you have adversarial dynamics between cultures, going to war seems heroic and important. Moreover the political reality is not of lives of equal value, value of your life depends mostly on where and to whom you were born, and what power you wield.