Via Eternity Road, an interesting piece by Pascal about Moral Relativism and it’s specific importance in the Terri Schiavo case.

As humans, with our self-contained brains, we can only experience the world through our own senses. We lack the ability to experience the world through another’s senses, no matter how we try. The most empathetic of us may be able to do a decent job of understanding, but that is about as far as it goes.

Thus, the only human life each of us finds most valuable is the one we inhabit. Our capacity to love allows us to value the lives of others, each to a different degree.

Forty years ago, Terri Schiavo would have died. Fifteen years ago, when she suffered the heart attack that left her in her present condition, she was resuscitated. Fifteen years ago, the efforts that were expended to save her life were done so because her life had perceived value.

Now, her life is not what it might have been, and the perception is, the quality of her life is lessened. Yes, she lacks the quality of life, but she still has the usual quantity of life, and that is the same as you and me: 1. Her husband would like to take that figure to 0. He wants “closure”. Here’s a little closure for you pal:

(from merriam Webster)

mur·der

1 : the crime of unlawfully killing a person especially with malice aforethought

nuff said?