EPISODE · Jun 29, 2008 · 14 MIN
John Broome on Weighing Lives
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How do we weigh lives one against another? Governments frequently have to make life and death decisions that take in to account such issues as the quality of life compared to the length of a life. In this episode of Philosophy Bites John Broome presents his view of how such decisions should be taken.
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