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robertsnj · 56-60, M
is it existentalists day on SW? Cool I will take a crack
1) Because it is finite. It has a beginning and an end. The scacity of most things give it value by the nature of scarcity alone.
2) Because we all find pleasure in some things, hobbies, friensihips, intimate relationship, pet ownership / the cummulative pleasure over a span of year produces value and worth
3) Because of future achievements and current ones. Each of us will make achievements of our life that gives us fullfillment and add value to life
4) By the contrast of pain we feel from losing someone who passed. That pain you feel when your friend or lover or whomever passes is the recognition that their life and their relationship to you had value. If life had no value you probalby feel nothing or little
5) I guess to throw one more and not make this too long we assign worth and value --it is our autonomy that allows us tind value in life and it may be the same as others or dfferent but it is ours to desire and give ourselves. Life is worth living because we assign value to it in various ways.
1) Because it is finite. It has a beginning and an end. The scacity of most things give it value by the nature of scarcity alone.
2) Because we all find pleasure in some things, hobbies, friensihips, intimate relationship, pet ownership / the cummulative pleasure over a span of year produces value and worth
3) Because of future achievements and current ones. Each of us will make achievements of our life that gives us fullfillment and add value to life
4) By the contrast of pain we feel from losing someone who passed. That pain you feel when your friend or lover or whomever passes is the recognition that their life and their relationship to you had value. If life had no value you probalby feel nothing or little
5) I guess to throw one more and not make this too long we assign worth and value --it is our autonomy that allows us tind value in life and it may be the same as others or dfferent but it is ours to desire and give ourselves. Life is worth living because we assign value to it in various ways.
robertsnj · 56-60, M
@LordShadowfire yeah not that this should be a serious topici but,, let me put # 1 a different way
1) we have feel extra sadness when a baby or young person dies and call it "way too young" because collectively we assign value to the longevity of life by contrast
2) we often, and by we I mean society in general, feel less sad about an elderly person dieing becasue at least they lived a long life.
In both generic ideas if we, as a society do this, we are assigning value to the duration of life. By proxy of that idea the finite-ness of it the limited durartion is assigned in an abstract sense value.
1) we have feel extra sadness when a baby or young person dies and call it "way too young" because collectively we assign value to the longevity of life by contrast
2) we often, and by we I mean society in general, feel less sad about an elderly person dieing becasue at least they lived a long life.
In both generic ideas if we, as a society do this, we are assigning value to the duration of life. By proxy of that idea the finite-ness of it the limited durartion is assigned in an abstract sense value.
robertsnj · 56-60, M
@LordShadowfire i made a lot of typos / guess i gotta fo fix em / typing with brain fog / my chat jumped on my chest and woke me / speaking of things that make life worth liveing--kitty cats make life worth living
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