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"Wow, you wouldn't pass a law to prevent kids from riding bicycles?? You know 100 kids a year die from bicycle use - and you'd sacrifice their lives for what, just so some other kids can have a little fun? I can't believe you place such low value on the lives of children."

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Bit of a strawman, no? You can legislate and encourage the use of bike helmets, or lower residential speed limits, for instance, and drive that number down a lot. There are plenty of options which do not practically reduce individual freedom, but do improve public health.

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I'm not against making tradeoffs, I'm against people using 'you must not value lives' as an argument

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How many yearly fatalities would it be worth to have everyone innately recognize that it's a bad argument?

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It seems like a question of degrees. If we benchmarked at the Value of a Statistical Life, ~$10m., is that too high? We are, after all, speaking of statistical outcomes. I am ignoring the people who find such math to be understandably distasteful.