1. Do you think Ford analyzed the problem of redesigning the Pinto fuel tank
safety in a reasonable way? Why? (25 points)
2. Should questions involving the risk of loss of human life be analyzed in a
cost-benefit analysis? After all, don’t life insurance companies do this all the
time in pricing life insurance policies to older versus younger customers?
(30 points)
3. Because the $137 million cost of the safety improvement outweighed the
$49.5 million benefit of the redesign, Ford decided to push ahead with the
original design. How would you apply biblical principle in this problem?
How would you persuade shareholders in making decisions? (45 points)
