What is the worth of a Human? Is any One Human worth more than

[Tuesday Afternoon]

any other Human?

[MrScorpio]

1. It's both circumstantial and relative

[Tuesday Afternoon]

3. Is it all just a matter of perspective?

I am perplexed by it all.

[sammythecat]

6. Are you thinking of a specific situation?

[Tuesday Afternoon]

9. The specificity of One Human

your choice.

friendo.





















:hi:

[sammythecat]

10. Yes, unless it's not.

You really don't need to do this you know.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

11. People always say the same thing.

:)

[sammythecat]

4. Concise and correct.

[realisticphish]

17. yuppers

[Tuesday Afternoon]

2. .

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[Dangerously Amused]

5. Heidi and lizziegrace and you are all worth, like, ten of me. Each.

Just to give you some perspective.

:hi:

[Tuesday Afternoon]

8. me thinks Not!! I won't have it. I say I won't!! You are like --- worth

a brazillion of me. I am sure of it :D :hug: :hi:

[Heidi]

12. Nuh-uh.

Nope. I don't believe in that kinda thing. You rock just like the rest of us, sweets. :*

[lizziegrace]

36. Agreed

:hug: DA. You're my rock. :)

[Inchworm]

7. yes

if boyh are on fire

:hi:

[Tuesday Afternoon]

13. both? Why not

all three :D

:hi:

[NJmaverick]

14. Murders and rapists are worth less than everyone else

beyond that, it's tough to say absolutely.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

20. The ambiguity of life---

The uncertainity of it all --

the randomness.


























:hi:

[Sky Masterson]

15. They are worth only what the heart is willing to pay for them.

If caring were cash,I would put bigots and right wingers in the 10 cent range.
The more I love them the more they are worth.
I have a few priceless friends. :)

[Tuesday Afternoon]

19. You also have

a big heart :hug: :hi:

[rucky]

16. It's determined by the organ-harvesting black market.

what's in supply. what's in demand.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

18. You must work in the Parts Dpeartment --

;) :hi:

[Pierre.Suave]

21. I would say an unequivocal NO

but I have to admit there are humans that make me want to treat them as less than human, with less worth...

[Tuesday Afternoon]

24. I wonder if our

medical background has something to do with it, as I have come to this conclusion as well.

:shrug:

[Pierre.Suave]

27. I think it is more who we are to begin with

and that is what leads us to our professions..

[SPKrazy]

22. Worth, depends who you ask...

ask a lender and your worth is your assets...

Ask a philosopher and you might get different answers based on their stance...

ask someone with spiritual beliefs and they would tell you (hopefully) that no one is worth anymore than anyone else and the value of life cannot be measured.

Given all that, life worth is all dependent on who one asks and what they believe or don't believe about human life.

Ask the earth, she might say we are a virus she is trying to get rid of :shrug:

[Tuesday Afternoon]

25. wellll...

I am asking YOU .... :D

and I am sure Mother Earth is sick with the Human Virus,
certain strains of it have been diabolical ;)

[La Lioness Priyanka]

23. sure, to the world obama is worth more than me. to me my brother is worth more than

all of du.

perspective. qualification etc also creates diff worth for diff humans

[Tuesday Afternoon]

26. so then --

it is all Relatives

Your brother is good looking.

[flvegan]

28. All life, both human and animal, values the life given them equally.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

31. I think it is in inherent in our nature to value our own self- worth.

Upon losing that, destruction will soon follow. Whether one destroys one's self or others is the expression of that futility.

[sammythecat]

34. I like that and I believe that too.

No difference between any of us in that regard. All life is worthy of respect.

[RandomThoughts]

29. I think this question is a common one to ponder.

I think there can be people in someones life that are worth more to them, but at the same time someone can realize all life is sacred and of equal worth in the grand scheme of existence. Knowing both these things means you can have two different answers to the question simultaneously.

As you feel someone closer to you is worth so much more, you also realize all are of equal worth.

When I think on the tendency to look at some others with less worth, I try to remember I don't get to make that decision, and its a bit presumptuous to try. Heh, and its possible they are worth more then I can imagine.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

33. in the scheme of things

and from a distance, far, far away.
The further one goes the less worth one has for the one far away.

[UndertheOcean]

30. I don't know , say there is one liver available for transplant

and you have to choose between two recipients , A Biologist who is on the verge on discovering a cure for cancer , and a baby .
tough decision , too cartoonish to occur in real life.

think of it as a thought experiment. I would not know how to decide who lives or dies , if one is worth more than the other.

One solution is to do a lottery. And if the biologist dies so be it.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

32. leave it to chance?

friendo!

[Odin2005]

35. Rapists, child molesters, mass murderers, and war criminals are worthless.