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So the question really is, how many deaths are worth preventing an economic collapse. i.e. if we can prevent collapse and it "only" requires a few tens of thou

• TeMPOraL 7y ago
  > So the question really is, how many deaths are worth preventing an economic collapse. Obviously, as many as would've been caused directly by said economic collapse, minus one. The reason you can't easily do such math is because it's never a binary choice. It's not a trolley problem with an obvious solution. You can choose to sacrifice the economy to save a thousand lives for each ten thousand predicted lost to the economic downturn, and then do your best to reduce the lives lost due to economic damage. Perhaps you'll reduce that 10 000 to just 500, and then history will say it was worth it.