What shall I say today on this blog post, good readers?
Happy One Week Old Day to the blog!
... Anyway...
The highlight of today has been an argument inspired by the Self and Society course this morning. My buddy Rob and I got into a heated debate over lunch about a topic discussed around 8:30 AM, while the caffeine from my coffee mug was still slowly seeping into my bloodstream. Today's lecture involved the theory that we value objects based on what we interpret their use to us is- for instance, what one person sees as a garbage can, someone else sees and values as a drum or a hat or a stool.
Fascinating enough. Then, on the way out of the lecture theatre to our respective next classes, Rob says, "So, does that apply to people as well?"
He said yes, our value of a person changes with how we perceive them to be 'useful'. I said no, everyone has their own intrinsic value, regardless of how we could be using them.
This resulted in a debate over lunch that involved two tables of people and a napkin dispenser.
Long story short, I lost. *grumble*
Long story slightly less shortened, we came to the conclusion that while everyone is valuable in their own way, and valuable as part of the whole population, our value of each individual differs, as though from a stranger on the street to the friend that we rant to.
Fair enough, I suppose. Although I'm questioning why I always let myself get dragged into these arguments. One would think I'd have learned by now...
By the way, does anyone else hear Neil Patrick Harris' voice in their head when they read this, or is that just a result of my Dr. Horrible's Singalong Blog addiction? Maybe that's just me.
Randomness aside, I think I'll head back to the lair of my dorm room and try to quit procrastinating on some homework. Such is the life of a university student, I suppose...
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