Identified versus statistical lives: an interdisciplinary perspective
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press Inc
ISBN :
9780190217471
Date de publication :
16 avr. 2015
Dimensions :
16,3 x 23,6 x 2,3 cm
Poids :
454 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Human beings show a greater inclination to assist persons identified as being at high risk of great harm than to assist persons who will suffer similar harm but are not identified as yet. Does this effect constitute a virtue, or a vice? What explains the effect? What are the implications for policy?