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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.
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I don't think that's shallow at all, and that's pretty much what I was trying to say. Life is more of a principle than anything else. "Living" and the value of one's life can be measured upon how closely one lives their life according to that principle.
Life isn't absolute...just because we're alive doesn't mean we're absolutely living. Like every polarity, the opposite is inherent. Just like there is no mountain without a valley, there is no life without death...so death is ever-present even when there is life and we can't claim to be absolutely living. We're either living or dying, but while we're living, we might be dying as well simultaneously.