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> If the likelihood of occupants burning alive doubles, then I think it's safe to say that saving the money is unethical. Okay, but what if that means the car
by CoastalCoder 1y ago
> If the likelihood of occupants burning alive doubles, then I think it's safe to say that saving the money is unethical.
Okay, but what if that means the car has to be $300k USD more expensive?
And suppose that price increase means 20,000 persons who otherwise could afford some car, no longer can afford any car. And then, as a result, those 20,000 persons collectively lose 10,000 person-years of lifespan because of poorer access to good jobs, inability to quickly get to a hospital during emergencies, etc.
At that point was the $300k USD pricetag better than, say, allowing 30 individuals to die in a car fire?
I'm not saying I know the answer. But if we can't answer that, I'm not sure your "safely" agree with the point you were making.
- paulryanrogers 1y agoPinto's gas tank liner wasn't going to cost that. It's absence cost lives and Ford's reputation to please some idiot cost cutter. If there were some absurd scenario where the benefit is prohibitively expensive then we could debate that. As it is, I'm afraid too many people in charge at Boeing and similar manufacturers have a terrible sense of priorities and tradeoffs. We should never have outsourced regulation to the manufacturers themselves.