Life is nothing anyone has a true right to decide, except for the one whose own life is in question. Something so fragile, and so important cannot be discussed, or decided about so easily. As is the case in many situations in which the government needs to compensate a family for the loss of their beloved. As well as cases in which an individual needs to decide for themselves, due to an illness or such, if living is worth suffering the way they do. There is many reasons as to why life is suck a complicated phenomenon to us; we can touch on a few of them such as accomplishments, consequences, profession, calamity, and suffering.
To have to put a value on human life is a fickle situation. When you don’t know anything about what they …show more content…
After seeing all of this however, it’s important to recognize that life does have value. More than can ever be assigned to it, and nothing that could truly replace it. From the genius that was Steve Jobs in his early struggling years, to building his first Macintosh and working his way to the top of the corporate ladder. To Hamlet, allowing to see in his soliloquy and what the mentality and perception behind life and death truly makes it a treacherous gift. Then to Feinberg who told us about his struggles and moral challenges in giving the money to the victims. Allowing us to see both sides as well as how troubling knowing if you even can assign a price to a life. Thereafter, to Ripley who showed us even more morality in seeing how assigning them the money they’ve acquired may lead to a conflict on just how much can you say someone is worth. Finally, to Ebert who with his illness and suffering showed that the value of life does change when it comes down to a simple thing. If that who is suffering would prefer anything else than living and they feel comfortable with the idea of death. While In the end, it isn’t for anyone to decide definitely what should be the value of life, and how we should go about setting it. We can still take away that it’s difficult to assign any money to life, and perhaps even wrong no matter the
To have to put a value on human life is a fickle situation. When you don’t know anything about what they …show more content…
After seeing all of this however, it’s important to recognize that life does have value. More than can ever be assigned to it, and nothing that could truly replace it. From the genius that was Steve Jobs in his early struggling years, to building his first Macintosh and working his way to the top of the corporate ladder. To Hamlet, allowing to see in his soliloquy and what the mentality and perception behind life and death truly makes it a treacherous gift. Then to Feinberg who told us about his struggles and moral challenges in giving the money to the victims. Allowing us to see both sides as well as how troubling knowing if you even can assign a price to a life. Thereafter, to Ripley who showed us even more morality in seeing how assigning them the money they’ve acquired may lead to a conflict on just how much can you say someone is worth. Finally, to Ebert who with his illness and suffering showed that the value of life does change when it comes down to a simple thing. If that who is suffering would prefer anything else than living and they feel comfortable with the idea of death. While In the end, it isn’t for anyone to decide definitely what should be the value of life, and how we should go about setting it. We can still take away that it’s difficult to assign any money to life, and perhaps even wrong no matter the