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Essay / The value of a life - 1380
Value of lifeThe life given by God has a very special meaning, a value in which people sometimes forget to thank or regret. Many students/adults believe that they will be popular if they have money and a good job, forgetting that people are influenced by those who have learned something. Additionally, many forget that to gain value, you have to earn it. In today's economy, the government creates value on the person by looking at the position they are filling. If you look at it from society's perspective, they believe that people should be valued based on what they do and the position they hold. From an individual's point of view, they judge themselves on what they accomplish and achieve. The value of the individual would be determined by what he or she contributed and achieved. Society should value a person's life by what they have achieved, accomplished and how they have contributed. to the whole world, he does not attach values to the profession he exercises. How does a soldier stand out from those who are billionaires? The difference between a soldier and a billionaire would be that one would give his soul for his country and the other would take someone's life for money. Society would consider the value of a billionaire to be greater than that of a soldier simply because he is worth more. What society doesn't look at is who does the most work. For example, soldiers are the ones who give their lives to protect themselves and billionaires are just billionaires who may have people working under them but get all the credit. If society were to use their emotions over what a person has done, of course they would know that their soldier is doing more work even if he is not a billionaire. Even though soldiers don't earn as much as billionaires... middle of paper ...... should assign monetary values to people, but to a certain extent, so that the person is not treated in a way unequal but the same as the other person. Using more tools and statistics about what the person contributed can provide better value to the person, not just based on the position they held. Each individual has the right to know their value according to their own concept and therefore it is they who should decide their values. If the company was indeed saying it was placing values in the future, it would be better if it looked at more information to determine the value.Work Cited1. Jobs, Steve. “You have what you like.” Stanford Report June 14, 2005: n. page. Print.2. Ripley, Amanda. “What is a life worth.” CNN. Cable News Network, February 11, 2001. Web. December 9, 2013.3. Feinberg, Kenneth. “What is the value of a human life?” Weekend Edition Sunday May 25, 2008: n. page. Print.