Identified versus statistical lives: an interdisciplinary perspective

Human beings show a greater inclination to assist (and avoid harming) persons and groups identified as those at high risk of great harm than to assist (and avoid harming) persons and groups who will suffer (or already suffer) similar harm but are not identified (as yet). The problem touches almost e...

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Weitere Verfasser: Cohen, I. Glenn (HerausgeberIn), Daniels, Norman 1942- (HerausgeberIn), Eyal, Nir M. 1970- (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York Oxford University Press 2015
Ausgabe:[First edition]
Schriftenreihe:Population-level bioethics
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Zusammenfassung:Human beings show a greater inclination to assist (and avoid harming) persons and groups identified as those at high risk of great harm than to assist (and avoid harming) persons and groups who will suffer (or already suffer) similar harm but are not identified (as yet). The problem touches almost every aspect of human life and politics: health, the environment, the law. This volume is the first book to tackle the effect from all necessary perspectives
ISBN:9780190217488
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190217471.001.0001