How can 10 million humans not be 10 times as valuable as 1 million humans. How does the value of a person’s life depend on the number of other people in danger?
Heavily for most people—due to scope insensitivity. Saving 1 person makes you a hero. Saving a million people does not produce a million times the effect. Thus the size sensitivity.
I am aware that it happens. I’m just saying that it shouldn’t. I’m making the case that this intuition does not fit in reflective equilibrium with our others, and should be scrapped.
Heavily for most people—due to scope insensitivity. Saving 1 person makes you a hero. Saving a million people does not produce a million times the effect. Thus the size sensitivity.
I am aware that it happens. I’m just saying that it shouldn’t. I’m making the case that this intuition does not fit in reflective equilibrium with our others, and should be scrapped.