A Life Worth By Amanda Ripley Analysis
How Should Our Society Assign value to a Human Life?
Today's modern society designates someones life value by their achievements, past, or the salary they receive. Amanda Ripley, in “What is a Life Worth”, states that nowadays we base life on money. “There's even a price for your knee, roughly $200,000.” (37). Putting a price on a life is morally wrong. In today's society, people automatically expect money when their loved ones die, when the reality is no money can loved ones viod of a loved one.
The character Hamlet in Shakespeare's play “Hamlet” demonstrates the harsh fact that most people value life when something unfortunate is happing. Misfortunes, such as death, open our eyes and make us value and cherish what we have. Lance …show more content…
However, giving more to some families and less to others depending on what their loved one was “Worth” is wrong. All families should be compensated the same amount, no matter the race, salary, or years the person has. After all, we are all created equal.
Lance Armstrong is a great inspiration on how we should value life; not by fame nor fortune, but by the obstacles you overcome. “The truth is that cancer was the best thing that evert happened to me. I don't know why I got the illnes, but it did wonders for me and I wouldn't want to walk away from it. Why would I want to change, even for a day? The most important and shaping event in my life?” (Lance Armstong, 36). Surving cancer made Armstrong appreciate the little things that he didn't before. Life became more valueable to him.
Our society should not base a life's value on money. Money is not a factor in determining the value of a human life. You give value to your life by your own goals and accomplishments. As a society, we should learn to value someone by who they are, and not what they work in or how much money they make. Hamlet, the prince of Denmark, was not happy besides all his fortune (Hamlet, Page 23). He couldn't find a value to his life. Hamlet's mother however, saw Hamlet's life more valueable than Hamlet
Today's modern society designates someones life value by their achievements, past, or the salary they receive. Amanda Ripley, in “What is a Life Worth”, states that nowadays we base life on money. “There's even a price for your knee, roughly $200,000.” (37). Putting a price on a life is morally wrong. In today's society, people automatically expect money when their loved ones die, when the reality is no money can loved ones viod of a loved one.
The character Hamlet in Shakespeare's play “Hamlet” demonstrates the harsh fact that most people value life when something unfortunate is happing. Misfortunes, such as death, open our eyes and make us value and cherish what we have. Lance …show more content…
However, giving more to some families and less to others depending on what their loved one was “Worth” is wrong. All families should be compensated the same amount, no matter the race, salary, or years the person has. After all, we are all created equal.
Lance Armstrong is a great inspiration on how we should value life; not by fame nor fortune, but by the obstacles you overcome. “The truth is that cancer was the best thing that evert happened to me. I don't know why I got the illnes, but it did wonders for me and I wouldn't want to walk away from it. Why would I want to change, even for a day? The most important and shaping event in my life?” (Lance Armstong, 36). Surving cancer made Armstrong appreciate the little things that he didn't before. Life became more valueable to him.
Our society should not base a life's value on money. Money is not a factor in determining the value of a human life. You give value to your life by your own goals and accomplishments. As a society, we should learn to value someone by who they are, and not what they work in or how much money they make. Hamlet, the prince of Denmark, was not happy besides all his fortune (Hamlet, Page 23). He couldn't find a value to his life. Hamlet's mother however, saw Hamlet's life more valueable than Hamlet