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This work 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. The argument is unified around three theorums that connect together the way goods are distributed in three "dimensions": between people, across time within the life of a person, and across the states of nature under uncertainty. In each dimension analogous questions arise about the distribution of goods. Between people, what is the value of equality? Across time, can goods received at one time in a life fully compensate for deprivation at other times? Across states of nature, should we accept the independence axion of expected utility theory? The book treats all these questions as aspects of the general problem of weighing goods. It shows that, not only the three dimensions analogous, but there are strict logical connections between ethical judgements about the distribution of goods in all three. It connects judgements about equality, about risk, and about prudence. The theorems came from economics (although "Weighing Goods" contains no mathematics beyond elementary algebra), but they are set in a philosophical context and the conclusions are in ethics. In turn, the conclusions have important applications in economics.
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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.
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John Broome is White's Professor of Moral Philosophy at Oxford University.
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- PublisherBlackwell Pub
- Publication date1991
- ISBN 10 0631171991
- ISBN 13 9780631171997
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages255
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1st edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Series: Economics and philosophy. Physical description: 255 pages, 23 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents:Chapter 1. Introduction I: The Structure of Good; 1.1 Acts versus consequences, and agent relativity; 1.2 The working of ethical considerations; 1.3 Teleological structure; 1.4 Does good exist?; Notes; Chapter 2. Introduction II: Weighing Goods; 2.1 Locations of good, and separability; 2.2 Three dimensions of locations; 2.3 Dimensions with varying lengths; 2.4 What things are good?; 2.5 An outline of the argument; Notes; Chapter 3. Similarity Arguments; 3.1 Parfit, Section 1; 3.2 Parfit, Section 2; 3.3 Harsanyi; Notes. Chapter 4. The Separability Theorems 4.1 Two examples; 4.2 Definitions and theorems; 4.3 The significance of additive separability; 4.4 The rectangular field assumption; Notes; Appendix to Chapter 4: Proofs; Chapter 5. Expected Utility and Rationality; 5.1 Axiomatic expected utility theory; 5.2 The sure-thing principle; 5.3 Individuation of outcomes; 5.4 Transitivity of preferences; 5.5 Rational requirements of indifference; 5.6 Individuation and the sure-thing principle; 5.7 The dispersion of value amongst states of nature; 5.8 The rectangular field assumption; Notes. Chapter 6. The Coherence of Good 6.1 The goodness of uncertain prospects; 6.2 Betterness and rational preferences; 6.3 The argument for coherence; 6.4 Representing betterness by utility; 6.5 Bernoulli's hypothesis; Notes; Chapter 7. Coherence Against the Pareto Principle; 7.1 The conflict; 7.2 Two better principles; 7.3 Welfare economics; Notes; Chapter 8. The Principle of Personal Good; 8.1 Qualifications; 8.2 The beginning of a defence; Notes; Chapter 9. Equality; 9.1 A utilitarian case for equality; 9.2 Types of egalitarianism; 9.3 Equality under uncertainty; 9.4 Fairness and equality. Notes. Chapter 10. The Interpersonal Addition Theorem; 10.1 Proof; 10.2 Connecting dimensions; 10.3 The utilitarian principle of distribution; Notes; Chapter 11. Utilitarian Metaphysics?; 11.1 The intertemporal addition theorem; 11.2 The principle of temporal good; 11.3 The metaphysical argument; 11.4 Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index. Subjects: Economics Moral and ethical aspects; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Economics General; Economics Moral and ethical aspects; Utilitarianism Ethical aspects; Economics Philosophy. 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 396653
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