How valuable is life or a life to you.

Originally Posted by Jason

This might seem sort of shallow but i always determined the value of someones life based on the positive or negative impact they've had on the world and the people around them. The way i see it is if you've been a good person and have generally promoted positivity throughout your life then thats the equivalent of your life's value. And if you've been an asshole thats caused more pain and suffering than good in the world then your life is of lesser value. at the end of the day all we have to show for ourselves is what we've done for other people. and if we've made people happy and improved the quality of their lives then our life has had purpose. and if you've been an asshole that spent their life hurting people and bringing everyone down then your life is meaningless.

I don't feel that you have to be impactful or positive for your life to have a purpose. Really, I think that if you enjoy life, then that itself means you deserve it.

Originally Posted by IV

@Dave I understand that, but I know Grizz and I know that his children value his life above their own, because they don't understand life yet, they depend completely on him because they're so young, that's what I meant I guess. I hold a couple peoples lives above my own and value their lives above my own life, it's just personal perception on what life means to me

I'm not sure what I'd do if it was an unrelated kid. If there was a gun to my head saying me or them, if I'd let them live. But really, people much younger who haven't had the opportunity to actually live yet is the only time I'd hold someone's life in higher regards than my own.

Originally Posted by Jason

This might seem sort of shallow but i always determined the value of someones life based on the positive or negative impact they've had on the world and the people around them. The way i see it is if you've been a good person and have generally promoted positivity throughout your life then thats the equivalent of your life's value. And if you've been an asshole thats caused more pain and suffering than good in the world then your life is of lesser value. at the end of the day all we have to show for ourselves is what we've done for other people. and if we've made people happy and improved the quality of their lives then our life has had purpose. and if you've been an asshole that spent their life hurting people and bringing everyone down then your life is meaningless.

I don't feel that you have to be impactful or positive for your life to have a purpose. Really, I think that if you enjoy life, then that itself means you deserve it.

Originally Posted by IV

@Dave I understand that, but I know Grizz and I know that his children value his life above their own, because they don't understand life yet, they depend completely on him because they're so young, that's what I meant I guess. I hold a couple peoples lives above my own and value their lives above my own life, it's just personal perception on what life means to me

I'm not sure what I'd do if it was an unrelated kid. If there was a gun to my head saying me or them, if I'd let them live. But really, people much younger who haven't had the opportunity to actually live yet is the only time I'd hold someone's life in higher regards than my own.