Originally Posted by EpicFailGuy
To value something is to care about it.
I'm pretty sure animals are afraid of death as well, therefor they value their life.
If you are going to try and hurt something it will fight back until it can't possibly move anymore, that is the organisms way of getting out of the situation, avoiding the pain and avoiding the possibility of death.
You're natural instincts are to defend yourself, to defend your life.
To keep living.
i never knew efg had so much compassion
An organism that is capable of emotions and thought cannot survive at all, if it doesn't possess the will to live.
Originally Posted by EpicFailGuy
An organism that is capable of emotions and thought cannot survive at all, if it doesn't possess the will to live.
The 'will' you speak of is biological and is basic instinct, completely independent of thought or emotion.
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ALL HAIL THE METAPHOR!!
ALL HAIL THE METAPHOR!!
We are all of the same material and we all co-exist on this planet together.
souls do not play as a factor in this discussion as you cannot say what or who does not have a soul.
It is a basic instinct yes, but if the animal wanted to die it would give up and let the predator or killer end their life before it tried fighting back, unless it is not aware of the impending danger of the attacker.
souls do not play as a factor in this discussion as you cannot say what or who does not have a soul.
Originally Posted by Murmayder
The 'will' you speak of is biological and is basic instinct, completely independent of thought or emotion.
It is a basic instinct yes, but if the animal wanted to die it would give up and let the predator or killer end their life before it tried fighting back, unless it is not aware of the impending danger of the attacker.
Last edited by EpicFailGuy; Mar 13, 2010 at 05:44 AM.
