Why should people value human life?

[Peron]

Simple question, just trying to figure out what reason their is to value another persons life.

[Voltarius]

In my opinion, there isn't a true, real reason to value another individual's life. There are many different factors that could affect the way one would think about this subject.

 

Primarily, I would say the first aspect is that of the individuals morals and standards. For example, the values of another human's life differ between that of a psychopathic homicidal maniac, and that of a devout religious person who believes that all God's children are his kin. This is a difficult question to answer because like I said, there is no definite answer. It depends on perspective, morals, judgments, prejudices, beliefs, predispositions, etc.. If it helps at all, I value others' lives out of respect. It sounds strange, but I'm Agnostic (so not necessarily religious), and most definitely homicidal, but I believe that their life is equal to mine, regardless of who they are (there still remain exceptions, like child molesters, etc.). What would give me the right to steal another's life? Yes, it's possible, and quite easy for me to do so, considering how fragile humans are, but just because it's possible doesn't mean there's good reason to do it. Hope that helps.

[Voltarius]

In my opinion, there isn't a true, real reason to value another individual's life. There are many different factors that could affect the way one would think about this subject.

 

Primarily, I would say the first aspect is that of the individuals morals and standards. For example, the values of another human's life differ between that of a psychopathic homicidal maniac, and that of a devout religious person who believes that all God's children are his kin. This is a difficult question to answer because like I said, there is no definite answer. It depends on perspective, morals, judgments, prejudices, beliefs, predispositions, etc.. If it helps at all, I value others' lives out of respect. It sounds strange, but I'm Agnostic (so not necessarily religious), and most definitely homicidal, but I believe that their life is equal to mine, regardless of who they are (there still remain exceptions, like child molesters, etc.). What would give me the right to steal another's life? Yes, it's possible, and quite easy for me to do so, considering how fragile humans are, but just because it's possible doesn't mean there's good reason to do it. Hope that helps.

[Voltarius]

In my opinion, there isn't a true, real reason to value another individual's life. There are many different factors that could affect the way one would think about this subject.

 

Primarily, I would say the first aspect is that of the individuals morals and standards. For example, the values of another human's life differ between that of a psychopathic homicidal maniac, and that of a devout religious person who believes that all God's children are his kin. This is a difficult question to answer because like I said, there is no definite answer. It depends on perspective, morals, judgments, prejudices, beliefs, predispositions, etc.. If it helps at all, I value others' lives out of respect. It sounds strange, but I'm Agnostic (so not necessarily religious), and most definitely homicidal, but I believe that their life is equal to mine, regardless of who they are (there still remain exceptions, like child molesters, etc.). What would give me the right to steal another's life? Yes, it's possible, and quite easy for me to do so, considering how fragile humans are, but just because it's possible doesn't mean there's good reason to do it. Hope that helps.

[Voltarius]

In my opinion, there isn't a true, real reason to value another individual's life. There are many different factors that could affect the way one would think about this subject.

 

Primarily, I would say the first aspect is that of the individuals morals and standards. For example, the values of another human's life differ between that of a psychopathic homicidal maniac, and that of a devout religious person who believes that all God's children are his kin. This is a difficult question to answer because like I said, there is no definite answer. It depends on perspective, morals, judgments, prejudices, beliefs, predispositions, etc.. If it helps at all, I value others' lives out of respect. It sounds strange, but I'm Agnostic (so not necessarily religious), and most definitely homicidal, but I believe that their life is equal to mine, regardless of who they are (there still remain exceptions, like child molesters, etc.). What would give me the right to steal another's life? Yes, it's possible, and quite easy for me to do so, considering how fragile humans are, but just because it's possible doesn't mean there's good reason to do it. Hope that helps.

[Voltarius]

In my opinion, there isn't a true, real reason to value another individual's life. There are many different factors that could affect the way one would think about this subject.

 

Primarily, I would say the first aspect is that of the individuals morals and standards. For example, the values of another human's life differ between that of a psychopathic homicidal maniac, and that of a devout religious person who believes that all God's children are his kin. This is a difficult question to answer because like I said, there is no definite answer. It depends on perspective, morals, judgments, prejudices, beliefs, predispositions, etc.. If it helps at all, I value others' lives out of respect. It sounds strange, but I'm Agnostic (so not necessarily religious), and most definitely homicidal, but I believe that their life is equal to mine, regardless of who they are (there still remain exceptions, like child molesters, etc.). What would give me the right to steal another's life? Yes, it's possible, and quite easy for me to do so, considering how fragile humans are, but just because it's possible doesn't mean there's good reason to do it. Hope that helps.

[Voltarius]

In my opinion, there isn't a true, real reason to value another individual's life. There are many different factors that could affect the way one would think about this subject.

 

Primarily, I would say the first aspect is that of the individuals morals and standards. For example, the values of another human's life differ between that of a psychopathic homicidal maniac, and that of a devout religious person who believes that all God's children are his kin. This is a difficult question to answer because like I said, there is no definite answer. It depends on perspective, morals, judgments, prejudices, beliefs, predispositions, etc.. If it helps at all, I value others' lives out of respect. It sounds strange, but I'm Agnostic (so not necessarily religious), and most definitely homicidal, but I believe that their life is equal to mine, regardless of who they are (there still remain exceptions, like child molesters, etc.). What would give me the right to steal another's life? Yes, it's possible, and quite easy for me to do so, considering how fragile humans are, but just because it's possible doesn't mean there's good reason to do it. Hope that helps.

 

In my opinion, there isn't a true, real reason to value another individual's life. There are many different factors that could affect the way one would think about this subject.

 

Primarily, I would say the first aspect is that of the individuals morals and standards. For example, the values of another human's life differ between that of a psychopathic homicidal maniac, and that of a devout religious person who believes that all God's children are his kin. This is a difficult question to answer because like I said, there is no definite answer. It depends on perspective, morals, judgments, prejudices, beliefs, predispositions, etc.. If it helps at all, I value others' lives out of respect. It sounds strange, but I'm Agnostic (so not necessarily religious), and most definitely homicidal, but I believe that their life is equal to mine, regardless of who they are (there still remain exceptions, like child molesters, etc.). What would give me the right to steal another's life? Yes, it's possible, and quite easy for me to do so, considering how fragile humans are, but just because it's possible doesn't mean there's good reason to do it. Hope that helps.

 

Holy crap, I'm SO SORRY for the repeat posts, I didn't mean to do that at all my bad >.<

[StringJunky]

You probably kept pressing the Back button which re-enters your submission. Once you've submitted, use one of the links at the top of the page to go to where you want....that's what I do. We've all done it....although not as spectacularly as you.

[jimmyrodrics]

Because out of 365 other creatures live human life is best one!

[Edtharan]

The simple answer is that we are a social species. We are not capable of surviving alone. If you were to place a single human in the middle of nowhere (even with the knowledge of the environment around them), they would not last long. Not only that, once that person dies, there would be no more people.

 

So, we need other people to survive and continue the species. From that is where we get the value of others.

[imatfaal]

I am listening to 'Life and Fate' by Grossman on Radio 4 at the moment and it is hard to believe at the moment that we really do value human life