What Is The Value of Life, Pt. 8: Sex Special Edition
We’re trying something different with a video version of our audio podcast on the value of sex. We hope this makes it more enjoyable.
We’re trying something different with a video version of our audio podcast on the value of sex. We hope this makes it more enjoyable.
You might think that sex is everyone’s favorite topic, and for many it is, but when we start talking about value we change the conversation.
Does education only exist to make us employable or is it meant to make us better people? There’s no agreement on the answer.
Family! We all have them, but do they raise our value or do they hinder it? What is the best structure for realizing our value?
What we do, our occupation, our work, is an important and unavoidable part of how our lives are valued. That value may be threatened.
Morality plays a large role in how we value life. Good is better than bad. The challenge is, how do we define what is good? This isn’t easy.
Using economic calculations to place a value on life often falls short of our perception of self-worth. Can one put a dollar value on life?
Every life presumably has value, but just how much value? Are some lives more valuable than others? Depends on one’s definitions.
Nobel Prize-winning research offers the possibility to dramatically alter human DNA in positive ways. There are opportunities ahead but there are also significant risks and all of it could lead to revolution.