Stephen Hawking is a brilliant scientist, who can communicate. Your statement is simply incorrect.
I have an uncle with Alzheimers that does not know nite from day and hasn't for years....
Would it be OK to starve him to death?
Well if you get the right lawyer and judge...
Stephen Hawking is a brilliant scientist, who can communicate. Your statement is simply incorrect.
Notice how there is nothing whatsoever in either Hawking's brilliance or his ability to speak which in any way invalidates the simple, inarguable f-a-c-t that he absolutely does, in fact, possess less physical mobility than does Terri Schiavo. Your statement is simply a steaming pile.
You're absolutely right and this is absolutely the point. We have made some people's lives more inherently valuable than others. Illinois will also get further in my NCAA bracket, but does that make Luther Head an inherently more valuable human being than a bench-rider from Wisconsin-Milwaukee?