Comments on: Question and Answer http://ellis14.wordpress.com philosophy, politics, science, atheism, religion, ethics, life, objectivism Tue, 22 Dec 2009 00:16:58 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Glen http://ellis14.wordpress.com/question-and-answer/#comment-5285 Glen Fri, 11 Sep 2009 22:40:18 +0000 http://ellis14.wordpress.com/?page_id=223#comment-5285 What kind of music do you like? What kind of music do you like?

]]> By: evanescent http://ellis14.wordpress.com/question-and-answer/#comment-4876 evanescent Wed, 24 Sep 2008 13:15:43 +0000 http://ellis14.wordpress.com/?page_id=223#comment-4876 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 <i>themselves</i> and <i>each other</i> in as much as a human being values his own life and can value the life of others. 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.

]]> By: Asia http://ellis14.wordpress.com/question-and-answer/#comment-4867 Asia Mon, 22 Sep 2008 10:32:45 +0000 http://ellis14.wordpress.com/?page_id=223#comment-4867 According to Genesis 1:1-2:3 Wy do human beings have value and worth According to Genesis 1:1-2:3

Wy do human beings have value and worth

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