From the paper's definitions, "predictable" or "unpredictable" is from the POV of an agent whose action will probably cause some effect (predictable) or might c

From the paper's definitions, "predictable" or "unpredictable" is from the POV of an agent whose action will probably cause some effect (predictable) or might cause some effect (unpredictable). The affected lives are identified - eg names and faces - or statistical - anonymous members of some population. The paper takes the ethical POV that from a policy perspective all lives are equivalent, albeit the loss of different lives can have different consequence in terms of liability. In terms of the relationship between the agent and the potentially affected, neither empathy or group identity is mentioned in the paper, but that would be interesting to look at elsewhere. Hypothetically, at what point does "the other" that you treating anonymously and categorically become specific and individual to you?