A Christian's versus an atheist's, for example, or an Iraqi's versus an American's.
2007-10-24 06:07:18 · 60 answers · asked by Linz ♥ VT 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
You can't put a price on life. I would say all life is invaluable.
2007-10-24 06:11:04 · answer #1 · answered by wildeyes_heart_of_stone 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
A lot of war, oppression and atrocities in history and today have been caused by the simple thought that some people have a lower human value or simply "deserve to die", whether because of inherent qualities (like race, origin or kin), or noninherent (resistance to the power, political activity or crime, or just belonging to the other side in an armed conflict).
The only sound answer to your questions is yes, all lives are equally valuable! If you see someone as an exception, that's just your distorted view, caused by your personal visual angle. Ask this person's mother or daughter if they agree.
This isn't a question about religion, it's about common sense. If a person commits dreadful crimes, what he needs is professional treatment and care, compassion and understanding. It's not a question of letting them do anything, it's about giving them a chance to become a better person.
Asking if you should kill person A or person B is irrelevant - you shouldn't kill neither person A nor person B. Period.
2007-10-24 07:03:30 · answer #2 · answered by juexue 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course not! As you have wisely and perceptively observed, there are ONLY TWO classes of people: the rich and benevolent upper class, and the poor, dingy, immoral lower class. Clearly, those in the higher echelons of the caste system began life from an equal starting point to the squalid poor. From there on out, their decisions and principals, and no external factors of life or the world, determined their overall success. As we all know, ONLY the rich work hard for the great opportunities they have, while the filthy grubby lower class whose "only source of income is their criminal activity and welfare check" mooch at the world's resources (very well said, indeed. Such unbiased insight!) In conclusion, sir, you have hit it right on the nose! You have revealed yourself to be a bright, perceptive, observant young man or woman. And let me say that you are MORE than worthy of deciding the value of human life!
2016-05-25 12:19:41 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the U.S., all lives are not equal. The rich are preferred over the poor. Decisions made everyday. Who has access to the best healthcare for whatever their needs? What else can explain the huge growth in the plastic surgery and all derivatives? There are urologists getting involved in beautifying the outward appearance of Americans. (wrong focus) Beautify the inside. It will beautify the outside.
2007-10-24 06:14:26 · answer #4 · answered by Unsub29 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think so. But if you hang out at Break.com and other such lowbrow sites you will find that many people believe that American lives are worth far more than Iraqi lives. Pretty scummy. Our lives are all equally valuable in God's eyes. Yes, even the "bad guys".
2007-10-24 06:10:42 · answer #5 · answered by Blue Eyed Christian 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
that's a subjective quesion, it depends on an individual's moral and ethical beliefs. I personally hold all life as equally valuable, regardless of whether they're atheist, muslim, christian, american iraqi, etc. all human beings deserve to be respected and treated with dignity.
2007-10-24 06:13:18 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No...what determines the "value" of a human life is how much that person contributes or takes away from the greater good of the whole human race....for example, a doctor who finds a cure for cancer is more valuable than a guy who kills doctors for sport.
Religion and other fairy tales have nothing to do with it.
2007-10-24 06:21:32 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
It depends on what you know. if its a case of iraqui verses american, christian verses atheist, then you must assume that they are equally valuable because you do not know enough to adequately judge. But if you are intimate with the two comparisons then you can decide if their lives are equally valuable. For instance, a child porn sellers life is worth nothing compared to a doctors life.
2007-10-24 06:12:35 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
If places exist like in the movie Hostel, no. Americans are much more valuable to kill. But if not we are all equal. Not just humans but all organisms.
2007-10-24 06:25:44 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I've never heard of a completely useless person--even Hitler served as a bad example. I think everyone has the potential to be equal. The only ones I'd not include are those who are unapologetically evil, and refuse to change--they are the ones whose only purpose is to hurt others.
2007-10-24 06:12:44 · answer #10 · answered by cross-stitch kelly 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
We are all equally valuable and therefor we all are equally worthless, and so one might say that we have no right to judge the worth of anyone.
2007-10-24 06:25:01 · answer #11 · answered by kocfileshareking 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋