[gajomi]

> we shouldn’t just be ranking people by age, if we want to come to moral outcomes?

Agreed. But I think quantifications can still be useful.

Person-years probably aren't the right sort of quantification though, in that they blend together too many kinds of human experience. But I imagine most people would agree that statements like "X% of grandparents, lost 10 years earlier than expected" or "Y% of children under 10" allow for comparing the relative impact on families.

Quantifying losses doesn't mean that we consider the quantified as fungible.

[wizzwizz4]

> Quantifying losses doesn't mean that we consider the quantified as fungible.

Unless you're a hospital director on a budget, or something. (I don't know how such people cope; there's no winning decision there.)