Human Beings as Worlds within a World
A human being's consciousness is an entire world within this world. His or her perception is unique, has its own worldview, and essentially acts like a world itself, because their consciousness has their own unique construct of reality. The reason I take this view is the moral path it leads me down. If I kill a human being, I am not just killing a flesh and blood machine, I am killing an entire world. From a christian moral view, Jesus calls us to love our neighbor as ourself, the second of the two greatest commandments.
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