If we exclude the "unnessecary warmths" spoken of by Henry David Thoroeau, can I still say that human life is worthy of using energy to maintain it? (this is what I originally meant by my question, I apologize for my late conviction of how to say it correctly.)
2007-03-02 09:41:47 · 5 answers · asked by Haz the Preacher 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
What is your question?
Are you saying that human life is worth using the energy required to maintain it?
It depends on how one lives one's life. If you live your life productively - i.e., what you produce is useful for others - and you enjoy every minute of your life pursuing worthy goals and ideals, and live a virtuous life that is beneficial to others, then your life is worth spending the energy required to support it.
However, if you are a useless bum just being a parasite to society, or being destructive, producing nothing and just consuming everything you get, and achieve nothing worthy in your life, then your life isn't worth the energy required to support it.
2007-03-02 10:01:19 · answer #1 · answered by Think Richly™ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Think of Earth as having a rich soup of energy. However it occurred, life sprang up to take advantage of that rich soup.
I don't see how it is possible to doubt whether any single type of life form does or does not have a right(?) to make use of that soup.
Besides, you are talking about whether a person who is born, not by their own choice but by the choices of others, is worthy of using Earth's (or life's) energy to live. I think every person has an obligation to themselves to use Earth's available energy to sustain themselves. This does not mean that they may take unlimited energy to sustain themselves or even an over abundance of energy (which is generally the case in modern civilization).
The better question to ask may be: Should I (or we) bring additional children into the world? Then, once such a child is born and grows old enough: Should he or she use so much energy to maintain themselves?
As to your (apparent) ultimate question: Does any human deserve to live? Well, we will find out eventually. Could be that the world would be better off without us.
2007-03-02 13:51:58 · answer #2 · answered by Daniel J 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is my belief that human life is worthy of the energy to maintain it.
We all as humans have an obligation to make the world a better place for our having been here.
2007-03-02 11:01:44 · answer #3 · answered by diannegoodwin@sbcglobal.net 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Every life has an effect on others...who can know whose life does not affect anothers? A person who performs "bad" acts can influence "good" acts in other people. In turn "good" people can be taken advantage of by "bad" people. Any life must have value ("worthy of using energy"). Who can claim omnipotence to be the judge?
2007-03-02 10:48:22 · answer #4 · answered by nostromobb 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Assuming you are the giver of value to your life in contrast to energy used to maintain it, then we can say not at the moment.
2007-03-02 11:04:54 · answer #5 · answered by YR 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋