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Comment author: Nick_Tarleton 22 January 2010 01:36:29AM *  4 points [-]

We value saving lives who have a high expected time until death, so yes, we value saving nine-year-olds more than ninety-year-olds. This would presumably become reversed if the child had 1/10th the expected time until death as the old man.

At least to the extent that this preference comes from deliberative knowledge, rather than free-floating norms about the value of children, or instinct.

Comment author: bgrah449 22 January 2010 01:44:23AM 0 points [-]

Yes, to that extent. The amount that we value the child's life does start with an advantage against the amount we value the old man's life, which is why I chose a drastic ratio.

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