RE: Does human life have INHERENT value?
June 30, 2015 at 5:00 pm
(This post was last modified: June 30, 2015 at 5:01 pm by Redbeard The Pink.)
(June 30, 2015 at 4:55 pm)whateverist Wrote: OP's ?: Does human life have INHERENT value?
A: If it didn't, ransom wouldn't pay.
No, ransom pays (if and when it does) because that particular life has value to the person paying the ransom, and that level of value is so high as to basically be priceless. Another person might not pay that ransom (even if they had it) because they don't value the life enough to part with the money. Ransom, furthermore, is different in each hostage situation. The value varies even to the people demanding the ransom. Ransom is not an example of inherent value.
