Question # 1
What is the value of a human life? Is one life worth more than another?
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The question is not who's life is worth more than another but really, who are you to judge whether someone's life is worth more than someone else. I believe you would have to be truly perfect to be able to judge people to that level and no one ever will or ever has been perfect. ~Tyston Harrison
ReplyDeleteI think everyone should be valued the same. Just because someone is lesser of a person dosen't mean they don't deserve to be valued as much. I think everyone has the right to be loved and honoured. It might be hard sometimes but I believe everyone should have equality and they usually have their own personal reason to make you believe they are of lesser value than other people. Alexa
ReplyDeleteI feel like it's the potential of a persons life that's so valuable. That's why it's so sad that a child dies and why it's not as sad when a bum on the street dies. The bum doesn't have the same potential in life that a child has, so even though both their lives are worth just as much, the child's life has more potential and therefore more precious
ReplyDeleteI believe the value of a certain human's life is entirely based on personal opinion. Obviously the value of my father's life compared to the life of someone I've never met before would mean a lot more to myself. However, I do not believe someone has the right to decide who's life is more important than another like how the captain decides that the men whom are married deserve to live. Marital status does not change who depends on you, weather or not you have children, and so on. Certain people will mean more to certain people, just like deaths of certain people will effect other people differently. Regardless of weather or not it was a large group of people that were effected or one single person, I believe no one has the right to decide weather one life is more important that another.
ReplyDelete-Cora Loewen
I think every persons life value is equal. Some people are more wealthy, and have more in their life, and for some people it could seem like they have nothing but everyone has something to live for.
ReplyDelete-Brenna
Human life is not a value that can be measured even though it sometimes is. Our society puts lots of pressure on trying to make you be a better person than someone else and make your life worth more than theirs. All life is equally valuable and it should be treated that way. Life should not be measured on who has the latest things or the best stuff.
ReplyDeleteBryce
There is no value to a life. For one's life can't be measured by any other person who hasn't lived a full life, and there is no way for someone who has lived a full life to make even an opinon on another. Since to live a life you must also die, and no one would still be able to decide the worth of another even if they were still alive for no one can ever know what exactly some one has felt or been through in their life. Life isn't like money.
ReplyDeleteI think every person is born to serve some purpose, and I don't think that one life is worth more than another. Even though some people are more successful than others and may be missed more when they're gone, it doesn't mean they are more valuable. Any person could do good for the world if they wanted to. - Kassia
ReplyDeleteI think that the value of Human life is most most valuable thing that there is. Humans are all equal. Under your skin everyone has the same skeleton. We are all the same. Some of us just have greater standards to live than others do. And some of us are given different opportunities in life. A death is a death. It happens everyday and there's nothing you can do about it. Some deaths have a greater impact than others. If someone made a huge impact on their community there would be a lot more people affected than someone who just wasted their life away doing drugs and not caring. - Mitch Dixon :-)
ReplyDeleteTo an extent, yes I believe one life is more valued than another. I think this because if a being is young in contrast to an older being. Such as, a 20 year old who has their whole life ahead of them, compared to a 90 year old, who has already lived their life. The 20 year old can get a job, can get his life together. Rather than the 90 year old who is just on the edge. Don't get me wrong I love my great grandma as much as the next guy. But I just think that a younger persons life is more valuable. On the contrary, I do also believe in equality. Everyone's life is equal. In my opinion, if your happy that's all that counts. But, there is a couple various situations that determine whether ones life is more important than the others. Things such as: health of the person (are they on the verge of death), the age of the person, and many other things.
ReplyDeleteSigned: Derek Ambrus
This is a really hard subject to comment on. Everyone has to experience death at some point, which really sucks. But whether or not someone's life is more valuable than another's is hard to say. In my opinion, if you're well loved, give to others as much as you can, and have made a true impact in the world then your life is more valuable than someone who is rude and puts others down. Even if you're addicted to cocaine or have had 6 divorces, if you're a kind, giving person then I think you have a ton of potential and your life is valuable. Everyone has their own opinion, though. It's a tough question!
ReplyDelete-Kelly
the value of human rights are or should be equal.One life is worth no more than any other, the question is the reason for living.
ReplyDeleteif you have a well off man or women with a family and a homeless drug addicted man or women both of these lives are worth no more than each other, but one has more of a personal reason to live, one has a family a job and a life. one has alcohol abuse and a life on the streets. but this answer does not give someone the right to decide who live and dies
One life shouldn't be worth more than another, but in real life it doesn't work that way. Money, class, power, and being a part of society, makes some people more important than others. It shouldn't be that way, but it is in the eyes of other people. The way most people think is that why should I care about someone who has nothing to do with me. Even if you say you don't feel that way you still do. If someone you love dies you would morn them, you wouldn't morn someone you didn't know.
ReplyDeleteI don't believe that one persons life is truly more valuable than somebody else's. However, there are times when you may be faced with a true challenge, you can't save everybody. I which case you must choose who lives, but how? I think every situation is different, there is no formula. If I were in this situation though, it would truly depend on who I was dealing with. Would somebody else sacrifice themselves for you? How old are the people involved? Do they play an important role in many lives? I don't have a definite answer, I believe every situation is different, and it depends who you are working with.
ReplyDelete- Kendall
In my honest opinion is that a human life should not have a set "value" for what they have done or accomplished. Yes one person my be missed more than another, but that's also because they've maybe had more time to have an influence on someones life or maybe because they're just wealthy. In the end there is no way to put a value on someone even though some people do.
ReplyDelete-Shelby Logan
A human life is worth more than any materialistic thing you could buy, no matter how expensive. I believe that all lives should be equal to one another, but in our society sometimes that isn't the case. I think many of us get too caught up in labeling people with fame, money, power, and job statuses. Many people consider all these things when one dies, but they may not consider the personality or any of the good things about the individual. In my opinion, every life should be thought of as equal even though some of these things might get in the way.
ReplyDelete-Kailey
In my views, there is no value to the human life. I also believe that the lives of each and every person on this planet is equal to one another. whether it be a person of high social class, or a homeless person on the street, a life is still a life, you only get one of them. Though I feel society is pushing us into believing that the lives of those more wealthy, or those more famous or popular have more value to them. In the long run, though, we are all humans. I feel as though people do not have the right to tell one others who's life is more valued.
ReplyDelete-Sarah Morrison
A Human life is the most valuable thing in the world, Nothing should be considered more than or equal to a human life, now or ever. Everybody's lives on this planet are equal, nobody is above or below the man or woman standing behind them. Society now has changed alot, people now a days are very judgemental and bullying can happen a lot more easily now with social media. A life is a life and its your life, nobody should have to tell you where your going to work, how much your going to make and how long your going to work. You should be bale to live your life the way you want to, not on the leash of someone else.
ReplyDelete-Keyron
When it is okay to stereotype? Is it ever acceptability? What are your thoughts?
ReplyDeleteIt might be okay to stereotype if there could be a danger present. If someone comes to the car door trying to sell something. It could be okay so say they look dangerous, I'm not going to open my door. But in a workplace or at school I do not think that it is acceptable to stereotype. Someone that say likes to wear black sometimes, and hangs out alone. Maybe they are just to shy to come and talk to you. A person should not be judged unless they could be a danger.
-Andrea
When is it okay to stereotype? Is it ever acceptable? What are your thoughts?
ReplyDeleteI think that sometimes it is okay to stereotype. If I were to be walking home in the middle of the night and I saw a homeless man or a thug looking man, I would certainly be stereotyping them for my own safety. I think that would be the only case in which stereotyping would be acceptable. I think in different settings like in school or in a workplace, stereotyping isn't okay.
-Kailey
To me a humans life is one of the most important things in this world if people were just dying left right and center our law and world systems would be a wreck. Leading on I also believe that a highly qualified individual such as Albert Einstein is more valuable to the human race than a two year old child however if he wants to risk his life for that child you cant take anything a way from him. If you were on a ship though and everyone was evenly qualified I think the deaths should have been randomized.
ReplyDeleteJohnny Helly
I think all human lives are equal there is just more of a loss to some. For example if you are young you have less life experience, you might have not had the chance to get married or have kids or experienced certain things. I think it is a huge loss when you hear someone young has died because of that. If you have a family I think there is also a big loss there as well because your significant other and kids will be majorly effected by it.
ReplyDeleteIndie
Personally, I believe that everyone in the world should be as equal as possible, and no specific human being is more valuable or important than another. The older class do have a lot of previous life encounters, and knowledge, but in my opinion, they definitely should not be treated as more important than a person of the younger class. Humans are living on this Earth together, and shouldn't be treated as different species!
ReplyDeleteWe are one, and we SHOULD be equal.
-Shamus McGuire
its not the question of who's life is worth more its about if there is going to be loss who should have to deal with it which why i'm on the side of it should have been people who are married with family's because they "have more to lose" as in they have people that depend on them and it would be a great loss for a child who lost their dad or a wife who lost their husband rather than someone who doesn't have children or anyone who rely's on them. i do agree though that if they are young it isn't fair that they didn't get to live their lives or even have the chance to get a wife or child. -machaylia lapratt
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