Ultimate Price: The Value We Place on Life

by Howard Steven Friedman

Book Overview

How much is a human life worth? Individuals, families, companies, and governments routinely place a price on human life. The calculations that underlie these price tags are often buried in technical language, yet they influence our economy, laws, behaviors, policies, health, and safety.

These price tags are often unfair, infused as they are with gender, racial, national, and cultural biases that often result in valuing the lives of the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520343220
• ISBN13: 9780520343221
• Release Date: May 2020
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.1"