Hm. Well, I'm certainly a person on this blog who has argued -- recently, even -- that human life isn't a terminal value.

But it isn't clear to me that I'm someone "perfectly willing to disregard human rights as long as they can find a "rational" reason for it."

And if I were convinced that not terminally valuing human life reliably leads to disregarding human rights, that would encourage me to rethink my stance on the terminal value of human life. (Though I have to admit, I find such a connection implausible.)

Can you unpack the relationship a little more clearly for me?