Why does humanity deserve to survive?

Question

What a bleak question! But never mind, I'm curious as to what you're going to say.

In your own wonderful opinion, does humanity deserve to survive and why?

This question was initially asked by a friend of mine, who after looking through the responses to Steven Hawking's question, How Will Humanity Survive The Next 100 Years, found this answer: "how about TRUST IN JESUS CHRIST, pal!"

To which my friend said "Responses of this calibre reinforce my sense that the question isn't so much how we'll survive, but why we deserve to."

I guess he's a pessimist. However, please answer.

Just by the way, judging by peoples responses some of you seem to think that I think humanity doesn't deserve to survive. That's not the case, I just wanted to see what other people thought.

Answer 1

because we above all other animals, have the will and intelligence to adapt and survive forever. animals dont have the creativity or intellgence to build crafts, but we do. and above that, to save the animals not able to save themselves by moving to other planets and with us, them.

Answer 2

That is a very open question first we all have we own way to think this question ,In my opinion I think the next 100 years to human is a wonderful time because of the scientific develop. But the war would the end of human. So we should think that how to stop the world war and the scarcer attack ,I think we should do that from the babies. we must care of our education ,I don't think we should have the way we mean ,we should find a new good way to teach the next times , In all my opinion we should take the base teach to make sure the children have a formal way to think every thing,I am a Chinese and just know a little Engish so it have some error in gramar.Excuse me then

Answer 3

In life, whether something is deserved or not rarely matters. Survival of the fittest for example, has nothing to do with who deserves what. Unless the fittest is all that deserves to survive. That being said, you have reminded me of a debate we had in biology class in high school. The debate was that one species had to be wiped out in order for the earth to survive. We had to choose between birds, humans, cows, and something else. Well most people couldn't come up with a compelling reason to let the humans live. But I have had a lot of time to think since then.

Humans are unique in my opinion in our potential. We have a great potential for evil and also for the opposite, compassion and love. While it can be argued that many animals can have compassion, and love, the can not have it to the extent that humans can. Our capacity for compassion and love can be mind boggling and staggering. We also have a unique quality in our ability to express the arts. I believe that is completely unique. Beautiful music, beautiful paintings, beautiful physical arts such as dancing. That has great value, and can't be replaced. Our laughter is another unique quality. While animals can be playful, how great is their sense of humor, and how deeply can they laugh? If you believe in God, all these things glorify God in a way that other animals are not capable. So whether we deserve to survive or not, I believe it would be a terrible shame if we didn't.

Answer 4

Is it worth it to save humanity? Humanity which mostly doesn't care about the environment. Humanity that rarely cares about the fate of its own kind. Humanity that seeks to quell the masses into subordination. Humanity that is, in essence, evil.

Humanity, in order to survive, must first learn to get along with each other instead of squabbling over meager possessions. This greed leads to destruction and hatred. It is evil, but it's not going to go away. So, we must do the best we, well for lack of better term, humanly can.

PS- Yeah, I read the "how about TRUST IN JESUS CHRIST, pal!" answer earlier and thought, "What a dooshbag! This guy needs a life!"

Answer 5

Hi, I'm your friend. But I'm no pessimist! As it happens, I don't think we'll survive another 100 years. But from an ecological point of view, that's recognisable as a good thing. Or simply as nature taking its course, depending on How You Look At It.

We're stupid and selfish as a species; we don't learn. We're comprehensively wrecking up the very planet that spawned us, and we're going to keep on doing it. The ecosystem as a whole needs us to die. Ultimately what we may happen to think about it really doesn't matter.

Answer 6

This question is irrelevant. Weather we are "deserving" or not is dedpendant upon a concept of someone or something judging/making that decision aka God (if there is one). In terms of my own thoughts...I beleve humanity has signed it's death warrant several times over via warfare, inability to agree or compromise on a broad range of issues, depletion of resources, and destruction of the environment. Again, it's not relevant weather we are "deserving" or not despite all the things I mentioned spelling out our ultimate doom. The reasoning is that despite our having a modicom of control over these issues though they are not necessairly in the forefront of our minds and it's our inability to step up and actually take command of these issues that result in our condemnation.

Boy I hate being so pessimistic, but the realities are in front of all to see...they just tend to ignore, neglect, or plain outright refuse! PEACE!

Answer 7

Whether anyone deserves anything is a matter of moral judgment. Who is going to judge us? - and according to what system of morality? And, once the judgment is made, who is going to enforce its sentence? God? Mother nature? Superior aliens? You? What do you hope to learn from our answers to this question? - or are you merely seeking confirmation of your own opinion?

The only possible answer to your question is that if our survival was under threat, and if there was something we could do to ensure our survival and we didn't do it, then we wouldn't 'deserve' to survive.

Answer 8

Survival is a term created by side witnesses of survival out of fear of future and judgment of a past and a future. Humanity deserve to LIVE on a planet as any other spices...and it lives successfully. HOW to live it is entirely our conscious choice and we choose survival...I suspect that the rest of life on a planet simply reflect our consciousness, give us an impression of a survival as a "natural" cause of Life. So, in another words we deserve to live pity life out of our choice to place survival on a pedestal.

Answer 9

do we deserve to survive?? probably not - we have raped and polluted the planet and have put in place very few controls to stop anything from getting worse

years ago the United Nations warned that human over population was the number one threat to continued existance - they warned that 5 Billion was a sustainable level - we are currently over 6.5 Billion... many scientists argue that 500 million is a better number... yet we contine to breed and over populate the planet and worse we try to find ways to make sterile people have kids and dying people live longer...

we consume things at enormous rates - effectively poluting the sky for production and raping the land to make knick knacks

we dont deserve to live

Answer 10

The only thing that "deserving" can mean in this case without unfounded religious underpinnings is; "What is actually the case?" If we do survive, we deserve to. To me it's like asking "does a ball deserve to bounce back when thrown against a wall?" Nothing happens that is not deserved by what or who it happens to. And yes, I mean that in every case of apparent cruelty or blind luck you can imagine.

Answer 11

Our desert to continue propagation implies that it is by something's merits. Whose merits? God's? Nature's?

I do not believe it is a matter of desert. Asking me as an individual, then yes, humanity deserves to survive. I am a member of humanity. By human merits, humanity deserves to survive. We have the power to continue propagation. We can utilize that power if chosen to. Do you, as an individual, deserve to survive? Sure. You don't deserve to die.

Humanity deserves to continue the pursuit of joy and knowledge. Fear may be the only pilot of that instinct. It's easy to take a nihilist approach and not care. Life must contain importance to render concern. Conclude the importance of life. If you find there is no importance, then perhaps we deserve to die, but again, by whose merits? Intelligent extra terrestrials'?