Exactly. It's also due to our inability to give straight up answers to questions like, What is the value of a human life? How does that value vary depending on

Exactly. It's also due to our inability to give straight up answers to questions like, What is the value of a human life? How does that value vary depending on age? What is the worth of an extra month of life? How should we decide where limited medical resources go? Without straight answers to these, every bad story becomes a mob outcry for more regulation.