What makes human life valuable?

Don't act as if this question is a weird thing to contemplate either. Throughout most of human history, and in MANY societies today, it doesn't take all that much to get killed. Things that are normal and celebrated in one place, get you killed in another. So, what basis do we say human life has value?

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Dv8rs · 18-21, F

Life is valuable, or not on an individual basis. I feel fortunate to have my life, and even though it goes up, and down, there's a wonderful balance in the middle. Human life is only valuable if you put in an effort to make it valuable. For me, it's the simple things in life that make it valuable. Listening to a good song, partying with friends and family, going skateboarding at 3am, when no one is on the street. Life is what you make it, so make it valuable, and live it.