What Is A Life Worth Amanda Ripley Analysis

There are many different views on how life is seen and what a life is actually worth. In the articles “Roger Ebert: the essential man.” and “What is a Life Worth?” by Amanda Ripley, a variety of opinions are seen on what the value of a life is. For Roger life was a beautiful gift and he made sure to make the best of every moment. In Amanda's article, she talks about the 9/11 victims families and how they reacted to the money given to them by the government. Very few families simply accepted the money and tried to get through with their lives. Unfortunately most of the families took advantage stating that the compensation they received from the government was not enough. Some of these family members even went to the great extent of suing the government for not getting what they wanted with the claim that life was worth more than what they got. It is not right for a human life to
Families can be compensated with money for what happened in 9/11, but the money does not make up for the life lost in events like this. For example, Roger Ebert wrote many film reviews and had a passion for watching movies and voicing his opinion on them (Jones 12). He did not do this for money; he did it for the love he had in films. Money does fuel many individuals, but it cannot be something that makes up for the love and time that people feel with one another or their interests.
In order to make up for the deaths in one’s family, there is a human life calculator. This calculator gives a value on someone's life based on income, when they will retire, and how old they are among other personal finances. (https://www.lifehappens.org/insurance-calculators/calculate-human-life-value/). People have been known to feel “squeamish” when a price tag is put on their now deceased family member (Ripley 2). This shows that life cannot be based on money. No check can ever replace or pay off the life that was once lived by a person whom was