impiety

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That breaches another sacred principle: that all lives are equal. How can economists justify their impiety?

그것은 또 다른 신성한 원칙인 모든 생명체는 평등하다는 것을 위반한다. 경제학자들은 어떻게 그들의 불경을 정당화할 수 있을까?

1.신앙심이 없음, 경건하지 않음 2.불경, 불손, 무례

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Cost-benefit analyses offend against the notion that life is priceless

Their Gradgrindian logic is off-putting, but also mind-opening

Nov 16th 2019

| 어휘 Gradgrindian [Adjective] Having a soulless devotion to facts and figures; inflexibly utilitarian.사실과 수치에 대한 순수한 헌신을 하는 것, 융통성 없이 실용주의적인 것.
off-putting 정이 안 가는, 좋아하기 힘든



비용 편익 분석은 삶이 값을 매길 수 없다는 개념에 위배된다

그들의 철저히 실용적인 논리는 정이 가지 않지만, 또한 마음을 열게 한다.

2019년 11월 16일

The airless nooks under a man’s foreskin are a cosy spot for microbes. These can inflame the surrounding skin, helping viruses such as hiv to spread. In places where the disease is common and treatment is patchy, removing foreskins can be a cost-effective way to fight it. In parts of Africa, the benefits of circumcising adolescents can outweigh the costs by about 10 to 1, according to the Copenhagen Consensus Centre (ccc), a think-tank. The ratio rises above 40 to 1 in the worst-hit countries.

Circumcision is not an obvious vote-winner. But policymakers cannot afford to be squeamish in the fight against one of history’s greatest killers. Nor should they flinch at another off-putting, but essential, step in the war against poverty and disease: putting a dollar value on human life. Without one, it is impossible to compare efforts to vanquish hiv, malaria or diarrhoea with other outlays, such as building railways, electrifying villages, conserving mangroves or educating preschoolers. Quantifying the worth of all these good causes is the aim of a new ccc report eval‎uating 27 policies to promote African health and prosperity.

Cost-benefit analyses offend against the notion that life is pricelessTheir Gradgrindian logic is off-putting, but also mind-openingwww.economist.com