Religion

We live in a world of over 7.5 billion people where a good portion of those people suffer from lack of food and clean water. The Earth, we have come to realize, does not provide mankind with unlimited resources. We must make choices about how those limited resources are consumed.

Is it irrational to consider the attributes of a person that will either allow them to become a contributor to the world or only be a consumer of limited resources? If an infant comes into this world with such a devastating attribute as anencephaly such an infant has zero chance of ever contributing to the world. If they survive, they will be consumers of limited resources for their entire existance. They will never be able to contribute to humanity.

With the advent of DNA testing and genome sequencing we can put the end to the myth that we are of different races. That there is one race that is better than another. There is only one race on the Earth. We have some slight variations but we are all one race. Therefore, any arguments based upon attributes such as being of Asian, African, or European origin are not valid. Because we all descend from one race.

I reject the argument that it is too difficult to determine which attributes about a person are reasonable for calling them "un-equal." If a human is born and that human can attain consciousness, can be self-aware, then that human is "equal" to every other human. This definition eliminates all the questions of physical disabilities. Such as blindness, deafness, and others. It is our ability to think that raises us above other animals. That is not to say other animals are not deserving of our respect and care.

I would never say that Stephen Hawking was an "un-equal" human. His disability rendered him physically unable to contribute through physical labor, but his ability to think made him capable of contributing to humanity through mental labor.

My opinion is that not all animals are equal. Some animals are more equal than others.

FINAL NOTE: I'm trying to foster a debate here. Please do not alert on this post and say I'm being insensitive to any class of people because I'm proposing the argument that not every human on earth is equal to every other human on earth.