| Description |
xx, 635 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Preliminaries: morality, consequentialism, welfarism -- The SWF approach and its competitors -- Well-being and interpersonal comparisons -- Estimating utilities -- The case for a continuous prioritarian SWF -- Lifetime prioritarianism -- Ranking actions: prioritarianism under uncertainty -- Next steps |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Welfare economics.
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Public welfare.
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Well-being.
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Distributive justice.
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| LC no. |
2011017012 |
| ISBN |
9780195384994 (hbk. : alk. paper) |
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0195384997 (hbk. : alk. paper) |
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