Weighing Goods: Equality, Uncertainty and TimeJohn Wiley & Sons, 7 juil. 2017 - 268 pages This study uses techniques from economics to illuminate fundamental questions in ethics, particularly in the foundations of utilitarianism. Topics considered include the nature of teleological ethics, the foundations of decision theory, the value of equality and the moral significance of a person's continuing identity through time. |
Table des matières
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Weighing Goods | 22 |
Chapter 3 Similarity Arguments | 39 |
Chapter 4 The Separability Theorems | 60 |
Chapter 5 Expected Utility and Rationality | 90 |
Chapter 6 The Coherence of Good | 121 |
Chapter 7 Coherence Against the Pareto Principle | 151 |
Chapter 8 The Principle of Personal Good | 165 |
Chapter 9 Equality | 174 |
Chapter 10 The Interpersonal Addition Theorem | 202 |
Chapter 11 Utilitarian Metaphysics? | 224 |
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| 251 | |
EULA | 257 |
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