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Eneasz comments on People v Paper clips - Less Wrong Discussion

-1 Post author: jdinkum 21 May 2012 04:06PM

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Comment author: Eneasz 22 May 2012 05:06:59PM 3 points [-]

Is there an inherent value to human (or sentient) life?

There is no such thing as inherent value. All value is subjective. Humans are the ones making these subjective value judgement. As such A) without humans nothing has value, and B) humans tend to value themselves a lot, so yes, they have value.

Feel free to replace "humans" with "sentient life" as appropriate.