Identified Versus Statistical Lives An Interdisciplinary Perspective |
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| Editor:
| Cohen, I. Glenn
Daniels, Norman
Eyal, Nir |
| Series title: | Population-Level Bioethics Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-021747-1 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2015 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $80.00 |
Book Description:
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Human beings show a greater inclination to assist persons identified as being at high risk of great harm than to assist persons who will suffer similar harm but are not identified as yet. Does this effect constitute a virtue, or a vice? What explains the effect? What are the implications for policy?
Human beings show a greater inclination to assist persons identified as being at high risk of great harm than to assist persons who will suffer similar harm but are not identified as yet. Does this effect constitute a virtue, or a vice? What explains the effect? What are the implications for policy?