Hi Ezra, thanks a lot for writing this. I hope you’ll be able to go back to your family soon!
I think your question about the type of death someone experiences if quite important. While he numbers are important too, the suffering experienced during/​before death, and the suffering caused by maliciousness must play an important part in how we weigh up these losses. I would think that one very important aspect of this is the intention—a natural disaster or a disease don’t have intention, whereas a murderer does, and leads its victims and the loved ones of those to suffer more as a result.
Hi Ezra, thanks a lot for writing this. I hope you’ll be able to go back to your family soon!
I think your question about the type of death someone experiences if quite important. While he numbers are important too, the suffering experienced during/​before death, and the suffering caused by maliciousness must play an important part in how we weigh up these losses. I would think that one very important aspect of this is the intention—a natural disaster or a disease don’t have intention, whereas a murderer does, and leads its victims and the loved ones of those to suffer more as a result.