Value of Life

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Value of life When people die, should the government be the ones to judge on one’s financial value? Rich or poor, income, or level of education all depends on how the government puts the price tag on us. People and societies throughout the ages have been trying to answer the problem of putting the value of life into terms of dollar bills. Today people believe that the families of the dead should be compensated for their loss. No matter what you are or how you struggle in life economically. But should people put the value of life into financial value? All men should live a happy life and not be judged by ones potential income. Society should never assign a value to human life. In the article “What Is a Life Worth” by Amanda Ripley, argues that in these days we base life on money. “The courts started to put a dollar value on a life-after death” (Ripley). The government does not seem to care about human life. The widow of Thomas Sparacio, exclaims, “The government is not taking any responsibility for what it’s done. This was just one screw up after another.” The government tries to replace loss with money. How can one’s life value be bought? Nowadays, one way life is valued is by money. After the attacks of September 11, 2001, the federal government started a federal fund to help the victims and families of victims of the attacks. First they figure out how much the victims would have earned if had there had not been attacks. “About 86 percent of all families should receive the same amount,” (Ripley ) but it did not go down that way. Every person life was valued differently by what they earned during their lifetime and for what family left behind like wife and kids. The government's idea about giving a human life a price is wrong. After the attacks on the Twin Towers, families all over the country were devastated and heartbroken to hear that their loved

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