Intrinsic Worth
Jan. 23rd, 2025 02:44 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
I think that ultimately the only humane way to treat others is to not ascribe value to people based on 'usefulness', as a means, but rather to value others for themselves, as an end. If people don't have intrinsic worth, if their value is based only on what they can do for others, then they are being seen only as a commodity, as an object.