Interpersonal Comparisons of Well-Being (Studies in Rationality and Social Change) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521392748 ISBN 13: 9780521392747

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1991

Synopsis

In this volume a diverse group of economists, philosophers, political scientists, and psychologists address the problems, principles, and practices involved in comparing the well-being of different individuals. A series of questions lie at the heart of this investigation: What is the relevant concept of well-being for the purposes of comparison? How could the comparisons be carried out for policy purposes? How are such comparisons made now? How do the difficulties involved in these comparisons affect the status of utilitarian theories? This collection constitutes the most advanced and comprehensive treatment of one of the cardinal issues in social theory.

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Constituting the most advanced and comprehensive treatment of one of the cardinal issues in social theory, a diverse group of social scientists address the problems, principles and practices involved in comparing the well-being of different individuals.

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In this volume, a diverse group of economists, philosophers, political scientists, and psychologists addresses the problems, principles, and practices involved in comparing the well-being of different individuals. This collection constitutes one of the most advanced and comprehensive treatment of one of the cardinal issues in social theory.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521392748
• ISBN 13: 9780521392747
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 409
• Editor: Elster Jon, Roemer John E.