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Human life has a price. Ask any insurance company !! Jorge. > -----Original Message----- > From: alan sloan [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Friday, June 22, 2001 2:14 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: Blackout and Population Growth > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Ralph HORNE(SED) <[log in to unmask]> > Concluded; > > >Let's hope we don't now move onto valuation of life! > > Why stop just when it gets interesting? > > If we look at human life in its biological/ecological context, then > perhaps > one life IS more valuable than another. Only if we try to compare the > value > of life within the community itself (ignoring the non-human context as > "unworthy of attention") do we find ourselves on tricky ground. > > In Death we humans are useful fertiliser and food for various organisms, > and > this can be (and probably has been)easily enough measured in terms of > animal > food value, NPK and trace elements. > > In Life our activities impact on our supporting ecology, how is it / > would > it be done? > > Alan Sloan