This is a great picture published in the UK’s Daily Mail memorializing a meeting between the world’s tallest and shortest men. It’s a hoot. And it got me to thinking about the wonderful diversity of our species.
Bao Xishun is 7 ft. 9 in., while Pingping is 2 ft. 4 in. Because we generally don’t measure moral value by stature (at least, not any more), I doubt whether anyone would dispute that both Misters Xixhun and Pingping are equally human beings possessed of equal moral worth. Would that all humans—regardless of their “attributes or capacities” were so perceived.
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