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There is a Price for Human Life : Some considerations in the civil engineering sector
Vaccaro, Antonino; Ruiz, José MaríaTechnical Note BEN-133-EInnovation and ChangeIs there is a price for human life? While a great number of people would agree that human life has no monetary value, a critical examination of the models adopted by policy makers and professionals in engineering, particularly in some areas of the civil engineering sector, shows that decision makers are sometimes forced to put a price human on life during important decision-making processes. Several decades ago, the use of utilitarian approaches,...Starting at €8.20
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¿Tiene un precio la vida humana : Algunas consideraciones sobre el sector de la ingenería civil
Vaccaro, Antonino; Ruiz, José MaríaTechnical Note BEN-133Innovation and Change¿Tiene un precio la vida humana? Aunque la mayoría de la gente está de acuerdo en que la vida humana no debe tener un valor monetario, un examen crítico de los modelos adoptados por los legisladores (policy makers) y los profesionales en el campo de la ingeniería, y concretamente en algunas áreas del sector de la ingeniería civil, muestran cómo, a veces, éstos se ven obligados a poner un precio a la vida humana en los procesos de toma de decision...Starting at €8.20