In his latest blog article, “Of Babies and Beans? A Frightening Denial of Human Dignity,” R. Albert Mohler Jr. reacts to a recent essay in The New Yorker by Adam Gopnik, in which he suggests that conditions which make life “count” are consciousness and the ability to think.Mohler responds: “Clearly, Gopnik agrees with those who restrict human 
dignity to persons who achieve ‘conscious, thinking life,’ and apparently only for so long as they maintain that state of consciousness and thinking ability. This is the horrifying logic of the German doctors of the Weimar Republic who argued that certain human beings were not fully deserving of life — deemed ‘life unworthy of life.’ They argued that certain abilities or characteristics must be acquired and maintained in order for life to be ‘worthy of life.’ I am quite certain that Adam Gopnik, who writes so movingly of his love of fatherhood, did not mean to associate with the full impact of such an argument, but his own assertions lead to the very same conclusion. We must note that Gopnik goes so far as to cast doubt, not only on when ‘conscious, thinking life’ begins, but where it ends. … This is the logic of the Culture of Death, and it is an assault upon the dignity and worth of every human being.”
dignity to persons who achieve ‘conscious, thinking life,’ and apparently only for so long as they maintain that state of consciousness and thinking ability. This is the horrifying logic of the German doctors of the Weimar Republic who argued that certain human beings were not fully deserving of life — deemed ‘life unworthy of life.’ They argued that certain abilities or characteristics must be acquired and maintained in order for life to be ‘worthy of life.’ I am quite certain that Adam Gopnik, who writes so movingly of his love of fatherhood, did not mean to associate with the full impact of such an argument, but his own assertions lead to the very same conclusion. We must note that Gopnik goes so far as to cast doubt, not only on when ‘conscious, thinking life’ begins, but where it ends. … This is the logic of the Culture of Death, and it is an assault upon the dignity and worth of every human being.”
Read the full article at albertmohler.com
