Source: Washington Post staff reporting | GRAPHIC: By Tobey, The Washington Post - July 19, 2008Different U.S. Government agencies use different estimates of the value of a human life in cost-benefit studies, and that value can change from time to time.
It is generally believed that people assign more value to the lives of family members and friends than to strangers. One wonders how much value the U.S. Government assigns to the lives of citizens of foreign nations. How much is an African life worth to the Congress? Of an Iraqi life?
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