In his final book Hayek endorsed ranking human lives by utility

Evidence

In his final book, Hayek referred to Hardin in a section titled “the calculus of costs is a calculus of lives.” Expanding on his ideas of cultural evolutionary progress measured in the quality and quantity of lives, Hayek suggested that humans could be ranked by utility: “The good hunter or defender of the community, the fertile mother and perhaps even the wise old man may be more important than most babies and most of the aged.” “The requirement of preserving the maximum number of lives,” he wrote, “is not that all individual lives be regarded as equally important.” — Dieter Plehwe, Quinn Slobodian & Philip Mirowski (eds.), Nine Lives of Neoliberalism, 29

Categorization

• XREF: Directly supports the reading goal of fracturing the neoliberal caricature: shows Hayek, the egalitarian-liberal icon of mainstream accounts, embracing a calculating utilitarian ranking of lives. — connects to: Hayek defined humanity in terms that precluded domestic redistribution and state sovereignty — Jessica Whyte, The Morals of the Market: Human Rights…, 54; Hayek endorsed ranking human lives by their utility to the community; Hayek justified markets by dispersed knowledge, not happiness maximization — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin: The Making…, 2195 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Hayek endorsed ranking human lives by their utility to the community #corroborates (0.98)
• Hayek justified markets by dispersed knowledge, not happiness maximization #qualifies (0.85) — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 2195
• Hayek endorsed suspending freedom to preserve market institutions long-term #expands (0.78) — Jessica Whyte, The Morals of the Market, 362