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
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> Subject: Re: Blackout and Population Growth
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> ----- 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
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