ciphergoth comments on The Price of Life - Less Wrong

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Comment author: ciphergoth 21 March 2010 05:24:50PM 4 points [-]

Reposting this from the Open Thread, since it's relevant here:

QALYs and how they are arrived at. "Quality Adjusted Life Years" are the measure used by UK drug approval bodies in deciding which treatments to approve. They aim to spend no more than £30,000 per QALY.

Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 21 March 2010 06:09:29PM 2 points [-]

How much you value your own life is of course different from how much society values its citizens' lives. Though, decision theory suggests the latter should maybe come to dominate the former.