Identified Versus Statistical Lives: An Interdisciplinary Perspective

by Nir Eyal

The identified lives effect describes the fact that people demonstrate a stronger inclination to assist persons and groups identified as at high risk of great harm than those who will or already suffer similar harm, but endure unidentified. As a result of this effect, we allocate resources reactively rather than proactively, prioritizing treatment over prevention. For example, during the August 2010 gold mine cave-in in Chile, where ten to twenty...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190217472
• ISBN13: 9780190217471
• Release Date: April 2015
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"