An egoist opinion: "One part of me holds vehemently that all human beings are of equal value" is self-contradicting.
You are included in the set 'all human beings.' But the human being who holds your view (you) is either better or worse than those who do not hold your view (the rest of us). You hold your view correct and thus counter views incorrect. Thus others are not equal to you, and you are better than those who disagree.
What we think about how the world should be, in ways we lack the means to bring about, does not matter. Think what you like.
You claim that one group of people is of a different value from another group of people without giving any reason why a difference in value exists, even though what you're trying to prove that such a difference is implied by polymathwannabe's statement.
As most of you may already know, the plane that recently crashed on disputed Ukrainian soil carried some of the world's top HIV researchers.
One part of me holds vehemently that all human beings are of equal value.
Another part of me wishes there could be extra-creative punishments for depriving the world of its best minds.
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