2006-11-16 01:28:28 · 18 answers · asked by Bob M 1 in News & Events ➔ Other - News & Events
No. But education can make you more useful. The wealth doesnt or shouldnt matter. We're all human.
2006-11-16 02:34:48 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Without question......NO!
To attain wealth in this world only requires two things. The knowledge of how to do it and the willingness to work for it.
Even the work is not always required. And education is not always required either.
However you can attain all the wealth in the world and be totally worthless. There are many people who have very little but have made wonderful contributions to the advancement of the human race. The ability to make that contribution has nothing to to with wealth or education. Only the desire.
All humans have a right to life. We are all the same in the eyes of God.
We have been taught from childhood that to succeed means money. We also believe that you must have an education to make that money. There are a lot of people without that education who are rich. Just as there are a lot of people with the education that are not rich.
We all are headed in one direction. When we get there it makes no difference what our so called status is. We all will go that way.
2006-11-16 09:49:00 · answer #2 · answered by John B 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In Truth, No! However, society would have you believe that a person with money has a greater right to life. I once saw a clip on t.v. were there were a lot of young people all screaming and chanting for their beloved music/ movie star. The metal gate separating the young kids from the star collapsed. The star wan't even close to getting hurt, but there were literally 10-20 people rushing to the aid of the star and all the kids were on top of each other and underneath the gate, potentially injured. No one approached the kids until the star was whisked away.
2006-11-16 10:32:10 · answer #3 · answered by Big Biscuit 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Education, perhaps. Wealth? No!
Some of the richest people have been the stupidest. Surely we should assess a person's "worth", if such a thing is possible, by the amount of good they do, help they give, advancement to the human race they make, etc etc etc.
It is a person's contribution to society that makes them worth something, even if they are simply law-abiding, decent citizens. Against war, I would add, and fairly "Green". That is all I ask of a worthy or worthwhile person. I don't care how much money they have.
2006-11-16 12:27:52 · answer #4 · answered by simon2blues 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No wealth and education can replace the inherent rights and unlimited capacity we have as humans.
Check the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948 if you have questions as to the greater right to life.
2006-11-16 09:43:39 · answer #5 · answered by p_rutherford2003 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, their right to life is determined by their mother.
A person's worth is based on their contribution to society.
In this perspective, who is a greater loss to society; a unemployed person who has no children, no compassion for their fellow man, takes money from the government, pees in the street, and drinks all day?
Or does a person who contributes to public schools their own time and funds, provides community employment, has a family who depends on them for love and support.
It's not about right to life as much as it is after birth who's a greater contributor to society.
2006-11-16 09:40:01 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No.
Unfortunately though, the wealthy control the media which influences the masses so that we have all been brainwashed into thinking that the wealthy deserve the best and that somehow the rest of us deserve our lot in life.
There is no person so wealthy, so educated, that they cannot learn or be enriched by what is perceived as the lowliest of society. To believe otherwise is self-deception of the blindest kind.
2006-11-16 09:40:26 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not in a religious or moral sense, however, they could be regarded as having a greater economic potential. They don't have a greater right to life because that falls squarely within the religious/moral arena.
2006-11-16 12:00:23 · answer #8 · answered by Veritas 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Wealth: NO
Education: MAYBE
What positive contribution they've made to society: YES
I think even poor, no brainers who've done nothing have an equal right to life, however. Otherwise we're simply savages.
2006-11-16 09:45:01 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Never measure a person by the size of their wallet. In regards to education, I wouldn't qualify someone by their list of Diploma's either. We belittle ourselves by praising someone who has only stood on the shoulders of those who built something before them.
2006-11-16 09:42:36 · answer #10 · answered by Keanu 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋