Suppose a Professional Baseball Catcher Has Heard About a New

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Essay

Suppose a professional baseball catcher has heard about a new "super deluxe catcher's mask that is guaranteed to protect catchers from being permanently brain damaged by a foul ball to the head." This mask costs $750 and Alias Sports Bureau (a baseball statistics company) has issued a report that using this mask will lower a catcher's risk of serious brain damage due to a foul ball to the head from 2/250,000 to 1/250,000. The baseball catcher eagerly buys this mask. By purchasing this mask, what is the implicit value the catcher is placing on his brain?

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Definitions:

Collective Unconscious

A concept in psychology proposed by Carl Jung, referring to the part of the unconscious mind that is shared among beings of the same species containing memories and patterns of thought inherited from ancestors.

Carl Jung

A Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who founded analytical psychology, emphasizing the role of individual psyche and the importance of personal growth and exploration.

Trait

A personal characteristic that is stable across situations and is used to describe or explain personality.

Carl Jung's Theory

A set of psychological theories that emphasize the collective unconscious, archetypes, and individuation as core elements of human psyche development.