[pbear8]

this is based on medieval Europe before the Enlightenment and before any notions of the value of each individual human life.

You might want to review history and when/where human life has been valued. We are so civilized that we kill 3,000 pre-born babies a day.

[vladimir998]

“this is based on medieval Europe before the Enlightenment and before any notions of the value of each individual human life.”

Actually, the value of each individual human life is a very medieval idea:

https://www.amazon.com/Inventing-Individual-Origins-Western-Liberalism/dp/0674979885/ref=asc_df_0674979885/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=312562231174&hvpos=1o1&hvnetw=g&hvrand=9644922411845055463&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9027307&hvtargid=aud-643191255296:pla-569725090307&psc=1

https://www.amazon.com/Origins-European-Individualism-Aaron-Gurevich/dp/0631179631/ref=sr_1_fkmrnull_2?keywords=The+Origins+of+European+Individualism+Aaron+Gurevich&qid=1556726950&s=books&sr=1-2-fkmrnull

http://monestirpedralbes.bcn.cat/en/content/individualism_middle_ages

https://www.amazon.com/Idea-Natural-Rights-University-Religion/dp/0802848540