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.
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.