Source: Bet On It
by Bryan Caplan
“Rape is very bad, but murder is almost always much worse. This is common sense: Where there’s life, there’s hope. While rape may scar you for life, the cold, happy truth is that rape victims normally recover from the trauma by the grace of hedonic adaptation. The average human really is resilient — so you probably are, too. Not convinced that murder is much worse than rape? In economic terms, just ask yourself: If you could either be raped for sure, or murdered with probability X, what probability leaves you indifferent? 10%? 3%? .7%? Too close to home? Then ask the same probability question for anyone you care about.” (08/11/25)
https://www.betonit.ai/p/murder-rape-and-the-sexism-of-sympathy