Price of Life

If the fate of all humanity rests upon the death of one man, would you be willing to sacrifice just one person?

What is the price of a life?

How do you judge who is worthy to live or otherwise?

How is the survival of one person more important than another?

It is a debate that has been encountered by many men and avoided by many more: The question of the price of your soul. Who among us is more worthy of living?

Would you dare to say that Mother Theresa or Mahatma Ghandi deserved to live longer lives? Should Princess Diana be given a second chance at living?

Would you agree that Adolf Hitler and Saddam Hussein deserved to be put to the gallows? Would you say that terrorists like Osama bin Laden deserve death?

What raises or lowers the value of life? Do you know?

An eye for an eye
A tooth for a tooth
Blood for blood
A life for a life

Your life for mine. Can we compare the values of our lives? Dare we judge ourselves worth the sacrifice of the lives of others?

Can one person be the price of diamonds while another be less than a penny's worth?

Do good deeds increase the value of your being while bad deeds do otherwise? Are our lives priceless; Or not?

If you had to choose one person to die in order to save the world, who would you pick?

Likewise if you had to select but one person to save while the world perish, who would it be?

Have you decided how the value of life ought to be calculated? What is yours worth?

Would you like to know the answer?