Wesley J. Smith: Everyone matters, no matter what

Wesley J. Smith writing at First Things, On the Square: “The noted British novelist, Martin Amis, became the latest to support establishing a radical euthanasia license . . . Mostly missed in the resulting commentary to Amis’ diatribe is that he wasn’t as much ageist as self-loathing. ‘Medical science has again over-vaulted itself so most of us have to live through the death of our talent,’ Amis said . . . From the post-modern perspective, this is entirely logical. If we believe moral worthiness is solely a byproduct of some measurable attribute or capacity—rather than being intrinsic—we will naturally disdain our future selves when, because of age, illness, or injury, we lose whatever it is that we decide gives life value.”