>for instance: we have medicine! but we only value it because we fear death, etc. I could understand that argument when considering prolonging of life when you

>for instance: we have medicine! but we only value it because we fear death, etc. I could understand that argument when considering prolonging of life when you're already really old and pretty much falling apart, but for completely preventable deaths? I remember reading somewhere that a cult of death is considered a pretty universal value.