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This is a subtle fallacy of equivocation. Payment incurred after a loss is not the same thing as worth. Human life is invaluable, but that doesn't mean we can
by ARandomerDude 6y ago
This is a subtle fallacy of equivocation. Payment incurred after a loss is not the same thing as worth. Human life is invaluable, but that doesn't mean we can pay infinite money for restitution. Even if we could, monetary (quantitative) compensation could never replace the qualitative value life has to you, your loves ones, etc.
- conanbatt 6y agoExcept that we make choices daily on that. We choose to have alcohol for pleasure in exchange for health, we get on an airplane to travel the world at the risk of a plane crash, etc. We constantly trade life for money. The problem is not in the sophistication of a method to value human life, its just a tool for analysis. The problem is the utilitarians eager to decide who lives and who dies, something very present in the current pandemic.