What is the value of a life?

I realized a long time ago that life had lost its value to man when I heard the term "acceptable losses" applied to soldiers.

life doesn't have intrinsic value, it's entirely subjective. like anything else, really.

Whatever value you decide to put in it. It isn't something set in stone. You decide the value of something, but it can't be expressed numerically or anything. Maybe just in terms of its relationships with others. "My mother matters more to me than my goldfish." "My goldfish matters more to me than that other goldfish."

Seems like nowadays there’s no value. People don’t value anything but their lives and their families.

17.3 years. Apparently. that's a startling statistic, the average time in prison a person will serve is only 17 years for murdering someone. Shut up that can't be correct. Right from the US federal bureau of justice statistics..

[c=#4C0073]to pro abortionists, absolutely nothing.[/c]

The body, the cover, the vehicle.
Are inhabited for a short time, the time, is no issue, only to those left behind. When the body dies, it's gone onto the next, they have moved on.

The sadness, is not with the body that died, the sadness is with the family, friends they left.

So to die, for oneself, is with one self.

Then use the time you have, to be happy, with it all.
This illusion, of time, of space, will pass to.

Value sounds complicated and personal.

A human life always has more value than an animal.

I suppose that would depend on the life and the person/animal living it.

Some animal life is more valuable than human life. I certainly don't value a serial killer's life. And if a person is made happier by being with their animal friends than human friends, hey that's fine.

Wait until someone you love or a pet dies and you will find out

I see strong value in those I care about, but show very little value in my own.

It would be whatever it took for someone to keep them alive.

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