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Old 01-05-2007, 08:19 PM
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Default Re: Capital Punishment For Murderers

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There is no such thing as "worth" in any universal sense - it is an entirely human concept, rooted in the human ego. As such, it is defined as a human may define it. Thus a human can simply define humankind as "more worthy" as it is a value based judgment that arises from human ego in the first place.

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That's not an argument. Emotional responses(ego is tied to emotion) are not valid arguments.

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It is entirely an argument.

The argument is:

You claim that humans are not worth more than any creature.

My assertion is that "worth" is a human concept in the first place and as such only receives the value assigned to it by humans.

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