Question and Answer
This is a new page I’ve decided to create for anybody to ask me ad hoc questions on any subject that doesn’t specifically relate to any article I’ve written. I intend this page to be a rough quasi-discussion forum with no theme. If any particular conversation picks up I might start a new separate thread/article for it! Over to you…
Asia said
According to Genesis 1:1-2:3
Wy do human beings have value and worth
evanescent said
I will take “value” and “worth” here to be synonomous. To quote Ayn Rand, the concept “value” is not a primary – it presupposes an answer to the questions: “of what to WHOM and WHY?”
Since intrinsic value is a contradiction in terms, human beings (and indeed everything) have no value in and of themselves. Rather, a human being holds his own life as the highest value – it makes all other values possible and is not a means to any other “higher” end.
Unlike animals which act automatically to pursue their life, human beings must identify those values that sustain and better their life, which is the ultimate value. These primary values can be identified as reason, purpose, and self-esteem.
In short, human beings have value to themselves and each other in as much as a human being values his own life and can value the life of others.
Glen said
What kind of music do you like?