(January 15, 2023 at 1:27 pm)Belacqua Wrote:(January 15, 2023 at 12:35 pm)Objectivist Wrote: Life is the ultimate value but like all values, it has to be earned.
Interesting. I don't see how this would work in practice.
Like, a newborn baby has life, but has it somehow earned its life? Or is there some kind of grace period during which a child has to behave or perform so that it earns the right to continue? (And who would judge this? And what would happen if it failed?)
Likewise, all the bugs and plants in the world certainly have life, but how can I say that "this bug has earned its life"?
Agreed. If all value has to be ‘earned’ (whatever that means), then intrinsic value doesn’t exist.
Boru
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