Scope insensitivity: The limits of intuitive valuation of human lives in public policy

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dc.contributor.authorDickert, Stephan
dc.contributor.authorVastfjall, Daniel
dc.contributor.authorKleber, Janet
dc.contributor.authorSlovic, Paul
dc.date.accessioned2015-11-04T20:00:44Z
dc.date.available2015-11-04T20:00:44Z
dc.date.issued2015-11-04
dc.description.abstractA critical question for government officials, managers of NGOs, and politicians is how to respond to situations in which large numbers of lives are at risk. Theories in judgment and decision making as well as economics suggest diminishing marginal utility with increasing quantities of goods. In the domain of lifesaving, this form of non-linearity implies decreasing concern for individual lives as the number of affected people increases. In this paper, we show how intuitive valuations based on prosocial emotions can lead to scope insensitivity and suboptimal responses to lives at risk. We present both normative and descriptive models of valuations of lives and discuss the underlying psychological processes as they relate to judgments and decisions made in public policy and by NGOs.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211368114000795
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1794/19441
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.rightsPublic Domainen_US
dc.subjectValue of lifeen_US
dc.subjectScope insensitivityen_US
dc.subjectInformation processingen_US
dc.titleScope insensitivity: The limits of intuitive valuation of human lives in public policyen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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