More than "In God's Image"

I feel the continual need to defend the value of human life simply and merely because it is human. Why? Among other reasons, human exceptionalism is the necessary predicate to universal human rights and equality. If we don't have objective value, then who matters and who doesn't depends on who gets to decide which subjective criteria provide which people (or animals) with the highest value.

Too many defenders, in my view, resort to religious assertions in the cause of human worth. That is fi...