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Hardcover Identified Versus Statistical Lives: An Interdisciplinary Perspective Book

ISBN: 0190217472

ISBN13: 9780190217471

Identified Versus Statistical Lives: An Interdisciplinary Perspective

The identified lives effect describes the fact that people demonstrate a stronger inclination to assist persons and groups identified as at high risk of great harm than those who will or already suffer similar harm, but endure unidentified. As a result of this effect, we allocate resources reactively rather than proactively, prioritizing treatment over prevention. For example, during the August 2010 gold mine cave-in in Chile, where ten to twenty...

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