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What should a persons worth be based on ?

#24
For people who are religious, a person's worth is based on how closely one follows God's rules.

For nonbelievers, a person's worth must be materially based. What one can contribute to family, friends or society and The State is as good a measure as any, I suppose.
 
#26
MAJOR METAL said:
What should a persons worth be based on ? I would very often say its based on humanity alone but I have taken to expanding this to moral chracter recently.
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What? Do you usually attempt to determine the so called worth of a person when you meet them? If they don't attain a certain rating on your value scale are they then written off as worthless? What a useless, egotistical and essentially offensive undertaking. What's that line about judge not....?

IMHO. :hyper:
 
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el_Kabong said:
What? Do you usually attempt to determine the so called worth of a person when you meet them? If they don't attain a certain rating on your value scale are they then written off as worthless? What a useless, egotistical and essentially offensive undertaking. What's that line about judge not....?

IMHO. :hyper:
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I might venture to say that everyone has a worth to everyone else. It may not be as much of a broad sweeping generalization as the OP could possibly imply, but I don't think that was his intention. There are people that have more and less worth like it or not, to me. Not necessarily worth to society or to another person. It might be necessary to state what kind of worth. My family and friends are worth more to me than anyone. Compared to them, a politician or peaceful protester probably has more societal worth.

From a religious standpoint, the playing field is perhaps more level. But that's from the standpoint of said deity (how you ascertain what said deity thinks a particular person's worth is opens up a whole other can of worms not to be discussed here). I am not a deity, so I don't have the ability to see everyone as equal. They just aren't, in my opinion. For example, mean people have lower worth to me. It's hard for me to help but think that.

Also, the word "worth" gets to sounding and looking really strange after you talk/type about it a lot.
 
#36
A person's worth might be based on their demonstrated:

Character
Integrity
Tolerance and respect for others
Generosity

These qualities overlap a lot, but they all seem to resolve around a central theme of placing others before oneself, placing good behavior before one's own interests.

One might also say that a person's self-worth is inversely proportional to their own sense of self-importance. Folks who think the world revolves around them seem to be the most worthless to themselves and those around them. The most annoying people I know seem to share a sick preoccupation with themselves, their own selfish self interest. The people I admire the most are those that care the least about themselves.
 

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