I've been thinking about the value of a human life through an agnostic perspective. Does the value of human life vary according to certain factors? Do some people's lives have no value?
For example, does the life of someone who is loved by friends/family, undertakes volunteer work and contributes to society have the same value as a person who has no friends/family, never contributes to anything, and utilises the world's finite resources, and polluting, without care?
Can you say that a person whose existence mattered little, has much value? What gives someone's life value (please respond with a rational non-religious argument)
2006-12-17
21:15:03
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