raghu wrote: >... If a Pinto buyer > was told that they could have (a) a car that might explode in the > event of a serious collision (which is rare, but happens) or (b) for > $11 more, a car that won't explode, I don't think any reasonable > person would choose (a). Clearly they implicitly value their lives > more than Ford valued their lives.
I put an infinite value on my own life when it's someone else who is deciding whether to take it or not. By the way, shouldn't taking someone's life be considered a form a theft? Assume someone decided that my life is worth X and that there was a certain possibility of his stealing it. Would we say it's reasonable for him to decide that it's worth taking the chance of stealing it? Is it reasonable for someone to decide to take the chance of stealing (say) the Mona Lisa? -- Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
