RE: What is a person?
May 12, 2010 at 6:03 am
(This post was last modified: May 12, 2010 at 6:04 am by tackattack.)
Well let's start with value and worth then. Firstly, value is intrisically subjective. Worth would be a broadermore generally accepted societal value. Example:
You see no value in the $5 in my pocket because it's not yours and you don't intend to steal it. I see lots of value in my 5$ beause I'mbuying breakfast with it. You and I agree that the worth of the object titled $5 has an exchange rate for goods of roughly equal proportions.
So the question should be What is the worth of a person?
I'll go ahead and answer with my opinion and then we'll compare. Worth for me is determined primarily by usefullness and function. A person is worth the usefullness and productivity they contribute to everyone outside themselves. That can be as simmple as making people smile or saving the planet from destruction. The personal value for me would then be dependant on what needs I have to be fufilled by other (love, companionship, quality goods, humor) people in whatever area the person is productive in.
You see no value in the $5 in my pocket because it's not yours and you don't intend to steal it. I see lots of value in my 5$ beause I'mbuying breakfast with it. You and I agree that the worth of the object titled $5 has an exchange rate for goods of roughly equal proportions.
So the question should be What is the worth of a person?
I'll go ahead and answer with my opinion and then we'll compare. Worth for me is determined primarily by usefullness and function. A person is worth the usefullness and productivity they contribute to everyone outside themselves. That can be as simmple as making people smile or saving the planet from destruction. The personal value for me would then be dependant on what needs I have to be fufilled by other (love, companionship, quality goods, humor) people in whatever area the person is productive in.
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