Ultimately, it's just a bunch of guesses anyway. It's not a top-down pronouncement of the value of Steve Jobs's life. If you want the theoretical case for doing

Ultimately, it's just a bunch of guesses anyway. It's not a top-down pronouncement of the value of Steve Jobs's life. If you want the theoretical case for doing this, it's supposed to assist in efficient resource allocation, which helps all of society. In other words, if we ever really "rise above" this sort of thing we'll all be poorer.