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Originally posted by Dante Hicks
There aren't given "facts" though. A 1% chance of recovery (not that it's ever that quantifiable) may be worth x to you and y to another. Saying "Ah, but the contract will decide!" is just shifting the debate.
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Someone needs to know how much the life is worth. A default for some society is fine. There is no obvious default for an individual case. It doesn't have to be particularly nice; the NHS treats young people a lot better (less worse) than old people.
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What level of premiums would you be willing to pay to keep you alive in event of a coma? What level of current financial burden would you suffer to safeguard a relatives life in the future given such circumstances. It seems the original question posed in the topic is still valid.
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Correct, I'm arguing against life as something inviolate, I think.
I don't have the money so I'd need to borrow, but several millions for the rest of my life, and several hundreds of thousands for the rest of a direct relatives', approximately. I don't need to decide though.
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If you were the head of a charitable trust with 10 million dollars for "Help the Orphans" what would you spend on an individual case?
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I'd look at our social contract.