does it not follow that more intelligent humans are worth more than less intelligent humans?
I've come across a similar line of thinking before (possibly in an ethics class). That time we ended up at something like 'your pet dog is more intelligent/useful than a newborn human. So is it more valuable?' After that, we ended up in a discussion about 'potential' e.g human newborn has more 'potential' than the fully grown dog and so on.
I basically learned that the really interesting thing about such discussions is what it tells you about yourself and the other people.
I've come across a similar line of thinking before (possibly in an ethics class). That time we ended up at something like 'your pet dog is more intelligent/useful than a newborn human. So is it more valuable?' After that, we ended up in a discussion about 'potential' e.g human newborn has more 'potential' than the fully grown dog and so on.
I basically learned that the really interesting thing about such discussions is what it tells you about yourself and the other people.