Save the kid, ruin the suit; Acceptable utility exchange rates; Distributed utility calculations; Civic duties matter
This is a follow up to my rambly incoherent comment on https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/cujpciCqNbawBihhQ/self-integrity-and-the-drowning-child Let's put some rough math on the drowning example Statistical value of human life is $5,000,000. Death of a child is a massive utility loss for parents and close relatives(several of them might even be willing to die...