Re:Malaria 'Completely Stopped' by Microbe
by SamReidHughes on Monday May 04, 2020 @11:32PM
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The notion of valuing a life at age 15 higher than at age 5 is pretty reasonable. If the value starts at zero at conception, ends at zero at death, then -- if it's a continuous function -- there has to be a rising curve followed by a falling curve. And this seems to fit with some choices I'd make in contrived trolley problem scenarios. Though it's not the only variable, when you get to particularities.
And in context of opportunity cost, in a situation where limited medical resources need to be allocated, it’s not a controversial opinion that a 90 year old can be let go in favor of saving a 10 year old.