What Is a Life Worth?. /
Amanda Ripley.
- Los Angeles Times Syndicate, 2002.
- SIRS Enduring Issues 2003. Article 63. Family, 1522-3213; .
Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2003. Originally Published: What Is a Life Worth?, Feb. 11, 2002; pp. 22-27.
"To compensate families of the victims of Sept. 11 [2001], the government has invented a way to measure blood and loss in cash. A look at the wrenching calculus." (TIME) This article focuses on the monetary compensation awarded to families who lost loved ones in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the United States and highlights the controversy that erupted when "the courts started to put a dollar value on a life--after death.".
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Reparation. Terrorism--Economic aspects. Terrorism--United States. Victims of terrorism.