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2011
This book chapter is not available through ChesterRep. ; This book chapter explores the concept of the value of life.
Baldwin, Moyra A., Greenwood, Joanne
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This book chapter is not available through ChesterRep. ; This book chapter explores the concept of the value of life.
Baldwin, Moyra A., Greenwood, Joanne
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The Value of Life and the Value of Life Extension
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 2006Abstract: Recent developments in aging research have added new urgency to the bioethical debate concerning life and death issues, the value of life, and the reasonable limits of medicine. This paper analyzes the basic structures of the liberal and conservative components of this debate, showing that there has hitherto been inadequate analysis on both
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Valuing vaccines using value of statistical life measures
Vaccine, 2014Vaccines are effective tools to improve human health, but resources to pursue all vaccine-related investments are lacking. Benefit-cost and cost-effectiveness analysis are the two major methodological approaches used to assess the impact, efficiency, and distributional consequences of disease interventions, including those related to vaccinations ...
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1987
It is not identified lives but statistical lives — the reduction of some mortal hazard to some part of the population — whose value is our topic. But the prolongation of individual lives is getting increased attention, and it deserves some of ours before we get on with the main business.
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It is not identified lives but statistical lives — the reduction of some mortal hazard to some part of the population — whose value is our topic. But the prolongation of individual lives is getting increased attention, and it deserves some of ours before we get on with the main business.
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Economica, 1985
determined. The morally significant differences between the states can be classified under three headings. First, there is length of life: at least one person lives longer in one state than in the other. Second, there is wellbeing: since life-saving uses up resources, on the whole people will be worse off in the state where lives are saved.
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determined. The morally significant differences between the states can be classified under three headings. First, there is length of life: at least one person lives longer in one state than in the other. Second, there is wellbeing: since life-saving uses up resources, on the whole people will be worse off in the state where lives are saved.
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Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal, 2001
It is possible and necessary to compare stretches of human life with other goods, such as the good of conserving resources for others. A minute of human life is not of infinite value; all else being equal, a minute of life is less valuable than 10 years of the same life.
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It is possible and necessary to compare stretches of human life with other goods, such as the good of conserving resources for others. A minute of human life is not of infinite value; all else being equal, a minute of life is less valuable than 10 years of the same life.
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Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal, 2011
The phrase ‘the value of life’ is important in bioethics, particularly for those who hold the traditional views that life has intrinsic value and that the distinction between killing and allowing to die is valid. Ambiguities in the meaning of ‘the value of life,’ however, can lead to errors in medical ethical analysis by those who hold these ...
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The phrase ‘the value of life’ is important in bioethics, particularly for those who hold the traditional views that life has intrinsic value and that the distinction between killing and allowing to die is valid. Ambiguities in the meaning of ‘the value of life,’ however, can lead to errors in medical ethical analysis by those who hold these ...
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The value of life and the value of population
Journal of Population Economics, 1996"This paper first distinguishes structured and unstructured approaches to valuing life. The unstructured approach bases its valuations on people's raw preferences, whereas the structured approach imposes a theoretical framework about the structure of value. The paper recommends the structured approach.
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Crime & Delinquency, 1977
The use of the death penalty in modern civilized nations is unnecessary and destructive of the social order. A careful review of the evidence indicates that, even when the risk of execution has been relatively high, the death penalty has not been shown to provide better protection for society than available alternatives.
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The use of the death penalty in modern civilized nations is unnecessary and destructive of the social order. A careful review of the evidence indicates that, even when the risk of execution has been relatively high, the death penalty has not been shown to provide better protection for society than available alternatives.
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