### animal | vertebrate | mammal | primate | human:

Human life
* All human life depends on energy
  - the Earth s Ecosystems
  - upon the energy in the universe
  - is given a soul at the time of conception
* All human life is sacred from fertilization throughout the human life continuum
  - the moment of conception until natural death
  - needs water
  - starts as a single cell inside the mother
* Every human life begins as one single cell
  - gift to the person, the family and society
* Every human life is equal in value
  - sacred because every human person is sacred
  - unique and every human life has value
* Human lives are somewhere in between, with a mix of pleasure and suffering.
* Most human life has quality.
* arises from certain causes and conditions
  - human sexuality, which itself is fundamentally important
* begins at conception so abortion is wrong
  - conception, as every piece of medical evidence demonstrates
  - from the moment of fertilisation and ends with death, usually in old age
* begins when a sperm cell from the father enters and fertilizes an egg cell of the mother
  - the sperm of the father enters the ovum or egg of the mother
  - with birth and ends with death
* book of experiences.
* consists of error and guilt.
* demands the transcendence of family, private property and the state.
* develops gradually
  - or evolves in seven stages
* dynamic process of fulfilling interrelated needs through the pursuit of goods.
* extends beyond the contours of the body.
* has a particular affinity with the narrative form
  - physical, an emotional, an intellectual, and a spiritual aspect or dimension
* has inherent value and dignity
  - worth from conception
  - intrinsic and infinite worth
* implies interventions into nature.
* includes a process of continuous adaptation.
* is about living in relationships
  - above all other forms of life
  - also relational, affective, cultural, spiritual
  - an unceasing sequence of single actions
  - characterized by diversities
  - communitarian
  - constant struggle and competition
  - cyclic as well
  - defined by relationships
* is dependent life
  - on polymers such as DNA and proteins
  - disposable on a scale never before known to mankind
  - everywhere a state in which much is to be endured, and little to be enjoyed
  - far more valuable and important than animal life
* is full of rituals, from shaking hands to venerating relics
  - suffering and sorrow
  - the play of samskaras - tendencies developed by repeated actions
  - governed by the rhythm of nature
  - holy sacred from beginning to end
  - important only in relation to the acquiring of maximum profit
  - itself the quality of suffering
  - like a vapor that appears momentarily and then is gone
* is more important than records or property
  - mental than physical
  - sacred than other animals or plants
  - much more valuable than the life of any other species
* is of inestimable worth and significance at all stages from conception to natural death
  - no more value than animal life
  - precious and is to be cherished from conception to natural death
  - punishment
  - really only human life when lived in community
  - relatively brief in terms of archaeological time
  - sacred and each person has inherent dignity
  - scared, irrespective of origin, race, color, religion or citizenship
  - shown to have great value, regardless of race
  - simply another variant form of life, that acts to minimize effort
  - still the most precious commodity in the universe
  - structured by the same struggle which is the basis of all values
* is the birth of self-awareness
  - condition for enjoying freedom and all other values
  - doorway to other realms of existence, the topmost being the spiritual realm
  - foundation for all other human goods, and so has special value and significance
* is the most important commodity on the face of the earth
  - valuable of all forms of lives
  - sum total of experiences, sweet and bitter
  - threatened by rising hunger, by new diseases, and by well-financed projects of death
  - tightly interwoven with nature
  - totally reliant on sun exposure, and the life- giving effects of ultraviolet light
  - universal, but it is always expressed in individual ways
  - very complex and often several things can cause the same symptoms
  - what exists now
  - knowledge
* product of nature.
* stands at the apex or end of the cycle of rebirth, representing the chance for release.
* tends to flourish in the balance.