A person ought not to be evaluated as a commodity that is marketable. Philosophically, person is an individual substance of a nature that is rational, unique and irrepeatable, a creature of God, a subject of rights and duties, and a substantial unity with life, ability and purpose. The person is created by God for the future of eternal life which is determinate of all knowledge and desires portative of the future. A person, made to the Image and Likeness of God, is a child of God destined for heaven. From the beginning of life, a person is destined for eternity, the simultaneous whole and perfect possession of interminable life.
Life is the substantial fact of the union of soul and body.
The reason and the province of the Science of Medicine is to protect and preserve this unity of soul and body, i.e., to have no consideration of death except to prevent it, to treat each patient for life. The Science of Government is established to safeguard rights and guarantee justice. Governments are instituted among men to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare and secure the blessings of liberty for all members of the State. This means to guarantee that justice will prevail and each member will receive what is due. The most important obligation of civil government is to guarantee justice in the protection and preservation of the rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.