I think the reverse could be argued as well, that is, a rich person’s life costs the rest of society and the globe more in terms of resources and suffering, and the rich are more likely to spend their time in idle diversions, therefore, saving a life of someone in a developing country is more valuable than saving a life of someone in an industrialized country. Either way you argue, though, you miss another perspective.
Another perspective is, and a plausible comparison would be, how much people value their own lives. By that standard, people in each country, rich or poor, value their own lives equally as far as I know. Accordingly, since their interest in saving their own lives is equal, the moral value of serving each’s interests is equal as well.
I think the reverse could be argued as well, that is, a rich person’s life costs the rest of society and the globe more in terms of resources and suffering, and the rich are more likely to spend their time in idle diversions, therefore, saving a life of someone in a developing country is more valuable than saving a life of someone in an industrialized country. Either way you argue, though, you miss another perspective.
Another perspective is, and a plausible comparison would be, how much people value their own lives. By that standard, people in each country, rich or poor, value their own lives equally as far as I know. Accordingly, since their interest in saving their own lives is equal, the moral value of serving each’s interests is equal as well.