(July 5, 2015 at 2:11 pm)IATIA Wrote:(July 5, 2015 at 12:12 pm)Rekeisha Wrote: Why do you ask?
Various documentaries have shown a basic set of morals in the ape family. Does this mean your god gave morals to the apes?
(August 26, 2015 at 9:40 pm)Redbeard The Pink Wrote:(August 26, 2015 at 8:54 am)Rekeisha Wrote: So what are you according to your world view and what makes you have more value than a tree?
According to my world view, I am a human being, and I value myself more highly than a tree because my species has evolved with a survival instinct that inspires me to value my life (the same way it does in other humans, usually). There are humans that I value about the same as a tree, or a table, or a feral cat, and this is because of a concept known as the monkeysphere. Theoretically there are other humans out there that place little to no value on my life, even if they know who I am and maybe even if they know me personally. Value, like morality, is another one of those funny things that's always subjective; nothing has absolute value, only the value attributed to it by the individual. It's the same reason you see faith as valuable and I see it as a detriment to one's mental health.
So I am not trying to attack you but understand you. The reason you value your life over a tree is because you have a survival instinct? If this is what you are saying why does it matter than your progeny survive or that they Human race survives? How does a species become aware enough to see the need to survive?
