quick philosophy question

[DougShrapnel]

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Oh, and I consider the best way to measure value of life (assuming no special information) is to simply estimate how many years they have left to live. By this measure the 5 year old wins easily.

[/ QUOTE ] Yes, it seems that the question has been answered as who is more valuable to ME. As opposed to which ones life is more valuable to themselves. Which person has a better chance of affecting the lives of individuals not part of the question, in this case meaning the responder and asigner of value. I don't believe it is correct to respond that way when the question is about the value of life. It seems like if we rephrased the question "would you rather be 5 or 90?", we would get a better answer to the OP. I'd like to see the poeple in your class respond that they don't have a preference on being 5 or being 90.