Potential and Memories v. Potential

In response to Tyler - Full post here - or the February 5th post, if that doesn't work.

I don't think we can contend that the 'true injustice of unjust killing lies in the pain of those left behind. If we remove the aspects of other people caring for someone, we will probably reach the same conclusion that Avery did, which is to say that both the adult and the child have potential, but that they adult would have lost his memories, and the joy that he gets from doing things that he likes to do, the child doesn't really have this.

You stated here that killing a hermit in hes sleep is far less immoral than killing an infant that dozens of people care about. I disagree wholeheartedly - I cannot help but think of a poor hermit who has been abandoned by his family, and has a disorder which prevents him from having good social interactions, but because of that he lurks in a cave, providing his own sustenance, and creating beautiful music, literature, art, and maybe making some scientific advancements. Though nobody cares for him right now, i think the loss of his life - potential and memories - would be a much worse tragedy than the loss of an infant's life, even though people care about the infant much more. Additionally, I have a question - what would be a worse event, the murder of an infant orphan that nobody cares about or a hermit?