Value of Human Life

The value of human life has been challenged over many years. Some people feel as though human life is not valuable, while others feel it is extremely valuable. The worldview that a person holds, directly relates to the value that they place on human life. If someone believes in evolution, then they would seemingly believe that life is not valuable being that life stemmed from animals. On the other hand, a person whom believes is creationism is more likely to stand firm in the fact that the human life was created by God and is unique and special to Him. People with mental handicaps are still special and important to creationists because God made them. People who do not follow Christ or are evolutionists feel like abortion and the sterilization of mentally disabled people is no big deal because they do not value life as a Christian would. The Buck vs. Bell case in 1927 is a case that deals specifically with the sterilization of mentally disabled people. It legalized this act against the “feeble minded or socially inadequate” (Dorr). Officially speaking, the Supreme Court has never overruled this law. However, the act is being rebuked by many areas of the country. Creationists view this law as immoral because of the high value that they place on human life. God created the handicapped person for a reason so their life is as equally important as the next person’s. Evolutionists are more concerned with the quality of life that is lived by the person. So to them, they do not have a good life, so sterilizing them so they cannot produce offspring is the best thing for them. The difference of the value of life rests solely in which worldview they have.

Dorr, Gregory Michael. "Buck v. Bell (1927)." Encyclopedia Virginia. Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, 31 May. 2013. Web. 20 Aug. 2013.