Most of the value of giving blood is in fuzzies. You can buy a QALY from AMF for around $100, so that’s $0.50, less than 0.1x US minimum wage if blood donation takes an hour.
If someone doesn’t believe the valuation of a QALY it still feels wrong to encourage them to give blood for non-fuzzies reasons. I would encourage them to maximize their utility function, and I don’t know what action does that without more context—it might be thinking more about EA, donating to wildlife conservation, or doing any number of things with an altruistic theme.
Most of the value of giving blood is in fuzzies. You can buy a QALY from AMF for around $100, so that’s $0.50, less than 0.1x US minimum wage if blood donation takes an hour.
If someone doesn’t believe the valuation of a QALY it still feels wrong to encourage them to give blood for non-fuzzies reasons. I would encourage them to maximize their utility function, and I don’t know what action does that without more context—it might be thinking more about EA, donating to wildlife conservation, or doing any number of things with an altruistic theme.