Different government departments put a different value on a human life. Dept. of Transportation – $1 million. OSHA – $2-5 million. EPA – $0.47 – 8.3 million. Figures are used in “cost-benefit analysis.” Not emotional or spiritual but financial.
[for update on figures, see “Value of Life” in https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Value_of_life ]