Do we value saving lives independently of the good feelings we get from it?
Sure: there’s the issues of rewards, reputation and status to consider. The effect of saving lives on the former may scale somewhat linearly—but the effect on the others certainly does not.
Do we value saving lives independently of the good feelings we get from it?
Sure: there’s the issues of rewards, reputation and status to consider. The effect of saving lives on the former may scale somewhat linearly—but the effect on the others certainly does not.
I do, I can’t speak for the rest of ‘we’.
How do you know that you do?