At the First Things blog, I expound on how the equality of life ethic animates the arguments of both sides of our most intense cultural controversies.
Here is my summary paragraph: “In summary: Unlike earlier societal arguments, such as over slavery and race, almost all sides in today’s most heated controversies acknowledge the equality-of-life ethic. The big problem, as I see it, is that some take a very stunted view of who qualifies as truly human. This is very dangerous and certainly has the potential to lead us over the abyss. But at least in the West, it appears that the ideal of human equality is no longer controversial. And that may ultimately be our saving grace.”
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