PART B Please response to these two original posts below. When responding to these posts, please either expand the thought, add additional insights, or respectfully disagree and explain why. Remember that we are after reasons and arguments, and not simply the statement of opinions. Original Post 1 Are human lives intrinsically valuable? If so, in virtue of what? (Is it our uniqueness, perhaps, or our autonomy, or something else?) To begin, I would like to remind us that being intrinsically valuable means having values for just being us and nothing else. I believe that human lives are intrinsically valuable in virtue of our uniqueness. As a bio nerd, I would like to state the fact that there are a lot of crossover events during meiosis, which create trillions of different DNA combinations. Hence, from a biological standpoint, without considering other aspects, being you is already valuable because you are that one sperm that won the race and got fertilized. On a larger scale, there are hardly two people whose look and behaviors are the same in the same family, unless they are identical twins. However, identical twins still act differently and have differences (such as fingerprints). Since we are raised in different families, we are taught different things and have different cultures.  In general, we all have different genetic information, appearances, personalities, senses of humor, ambitions, talents, interests and life experiences. These characteristics make up our “unique individual value” and make us so unique and irreplaceable. I would also love to discuss how our diversities enrich and contribute to society, but that would be a talk about our extrinsic values.  Original Post 2 Are human lives intrinsically valuable? If so, in virtue of what? (Is it our uniqueness, perhaps, or our autonomy, or something else?) I believe that human lives are intrinsically valuable due to a number of reasons. Firstly, human lives aren’t replaceable. You can’t replace a human being with another just like you can replace a broken laptop with brand new one. Part of the reason why we tend to think this way is that we were nurtured with the notion that there is, indeed, a special value to human life. This could be in virtue of our uniqueness-- the fact that we are sentient and capable of complex thoughts and emotions separates us from any other species on this planet. From a scientific standpoint, this is also one of the reasons as to why humans became the dominant species in today’s age.  Moreover, human lives aren’t disposable. I think this is largely due to us humans having the ability to empathize with others. We understand that it’s morally inappropriate to take the life of another individual even if they’re complete strangers because they’re another human being like us who has their own thoughts, values, memories, and stories. In a way, we have a strong emotional connection to our own species. As .

1. PART B
Please response to these two original posts below. When
responding to these posts, please either expand the
thought, add additional insights, or respectfully disagree
and explain why. Remember that we are after reasons
and arguments, and not simply the statement of
opinions.
Original Post 1
Are human lives intrinsically valuable? If so, in virtue of what?
(Is
it our uniqueness, perhaps, or our autonomy, or something
else?)
To begin, I would like to remind us that being intrinsically
valuable
means having values for just being us and nothing else. I
believe
that human lives are intrinsically valuable in virtue of our
uniqueness. As a bio nerd, I would like to state the fact that
there
are a lot of crossover events during meiosis, which create
trillions
of different DNA combinations. Hence, from a biological
standpoint, without considering other aspects, being you is
already valuable because you are that one sperm that won the
race and got fertilized. On a larger scale, there are hardly two
people whose look and behaviors are the same in the same
family, unless they are identical twins. However, identical twins
still act differently and have differences (such as fingerprints).

2. Since we are raised in different families, we are taught different
things and have different cultures. In general, we all have
different genetic information, appearances, personalities, senses
of humor, ambitions, talents, interests and life experiences.
These
characteristics make up our “unique individual value” and make
us so unique and irreplaceable.
I would also love to discuss how our diversities enrich and
contribute to society, but that would be a talk about our
extrinsic
values.
Original Post 2
Are human lives intrinsically valuable? If so, in virtue of what?
(Is
it our uniqueness, perhaps, or our autonomy, or something
else?)
I believe that human lives are intrinsically valuable due to a
number of reasons. Firstly, human lives aren’t replaceable. You
can’t replace a human being with another just like you can
replace a broken laptop with brand new one. Part of the reason
why we tend to think this way is that we were nurtured with the
notion that there is, indeed, a special value to human life. This
could be in virtue of our uniqueness-- the fact that we are
sentient and capable of complex thoughts and emotions
separates us from any other species on this planet. From a
scientific standpoint, this is also one of the reasons as to why
humans became the dominant species in today’s age.

3. Moreover, human lives aren’t disposable. I think this is largely
due
to us humans having the ability to empathize with others. We
understand that it’s morally inappropriate to take the life of
another individual even if they’re complete strangers because
they’re another human being like us who has their own
thoughts,
values, memories, and stories. In a way, we have a strong
emotional connection to our own species. As mentioned in the
lecture, if you lose a child, you wouldn’t think that having
another
would replace that child. Referring back to the idea of
uniqueness, each and every individual is different.
I just wanted to quickly acknowledge how extrinsic values
together with our intrinsic values makes our lives valuable: Try
thinking about people you know like your family and friends.
Each one of them has had a unique influence to your life,
perhaps some positive and others negative. In other words, they
all add value to your life in some kind of way. Because we
impact
each other’s lives in unique ways, we build emotional
connections with them, which leads to the idea that taking
another life is morally wrong. Therefore, interactions and
memories of another individual are irreplaceable as well.
SOCW 6456: Social Work Practice With Couples and Family
Systems
Treatment Plan Template

4. Instructions and Template for Treatment Plan
Use the following treatment plan template for the treatment
plans you design for the Discussions and Assignments in this
course.
Identified strengths: Includes strengths that will help client
achieve long-term goal(s) (e.g., supportive family). Client
should help identify. Initially, it may be difficult to help client
identify more than one or two strengths, but as the course of
treatment continues, more should become evident.
Identified problems/deficits: Includes factors in client’s life that
may impede successful recovery.
Long-Term Goal(s):
Short-Term Goals
Objectives
Strategies
Expected Outcome
(With Time Frame)
Stated as broad desirable outcome that will be broken down into
short-term goals and objectives; usually, one long-term goal
will be adequate for first year.
Series of time-limited goals that will lead to achievement of
long-term goal
Statements of what client will do to achieve short-term goal.
Stated in measurable, behavioral terms
How objective will be carried out or accomplished

5. Objective, measurable desirable outcome with timeframe
Long-Term Goal(s):
Short-Term Goals
Objectives
Strategies
Expected Outcome
(With Time Frame)
Example:
1. John will remain abstinent from use of heroin and all other
mood-altering substances and behaviors for 1 year, as
demonstrated by negative random drug screens and self-report.
Example:
1. John will successfully complete residential treatment.
Example:
1. John will attend and actively participate in all individual and
group counseling sessions.
2. John will admit he has an addiction problem.
Example:
1. Schedule one individual counseling session and five group
counseling sessions weekly.
2. John will complete Step One of the Twelve Steps.
Example:
1. Staff and self-report of regular attendance and active
participation in individual and group counseling sessions (30
days).

6. 2. Self-report to counselor and members of group sessions (30
days).
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PART A
Pick one or more questions below and write a
substantive post with >100 words. Please try to
provide evidence(s) to support your idea(s).
Questions:
• What does it mean to say that the special value of human
lives is reflected in how they are ‘not disposable’? Does this
reflect a special value?
• Are human lives intrinsically valuable? If so, in virtue of
what? (Is it our uniqueness, perhaps, or our autonomy, or

7. something else?)
• If human life is intrinsically valuable, then does that mean
that one can never morally kill a human being? If not, why
not?
• Do we have a right to life? If so, then what implications
might this have?
• Does the special value of human life relate to how we
are persons (i.e., with the capacity to live genuinely
autonomous lives, to have hopes and dreams, and so on)?
• How might accounts of the special value of human beings
relate to the value of animals? For example, if personhood is
what’s important, then doesn’t that mean that animals lack a
special value (and doesn’t this justify, for example, our using
them for food)?
• What does it mean to say that animals are replaceablein a
way that human beings are not? Is it true?
• What is euthanasia? How might thinking of personhood as
determining the special value of human beings legitimize
euthanasia in certain situations?
• What is abortion? How might thinking of personhood as
determining the special value of human beings legitimize

8. abortion? Is the potentiality of the foetus for personhood
relevant here?
• What does it mean to say that human life is sacred, and how
is this a stronger claim than the thesis that human life has
special value?
• What is deontologism, and how is it different
from consequentialism?
• Why would a deontological approach to the wrongness of
killing entail that it would be better to not kill someone even
if killing them would save twenty other lives? What would
the consequentialist say about such a case?