Population Issues in Social Choice Theory, Welfare Economics, and Ethics

Walter Bossert author Charles Blackorby author David J Donaldson author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:15th Aug '05

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This book explores how different ideas of the common good may be compared, contrasted and ranked.

This book presents an exploration of the idea of the common or social good, extended so that alternatives with different populations can be ranked. The approach is, in the main, welfarist, basing rankings on the well-being, broadly conceived, of those who are alive (or ever lived).This book presents an exploration of the idea of the common or social good, extended so that alternatives with different populations can be ranked. The approach is, in the main, welfarist, basing rankings on the well-being, broadly conceived, of those who are alive (or ever lived). The axiomatic method is employed, and topics investigated include: the measurement of individual well-being, social attitudes toward inequality of well-being, the main classes of population principles, principles that provide incomplete rankings, principles that rank uncertain alternatives, best choices from feasible sets, and applications. The chapters are divided, with mathematical arguments confined to the second part. The first part is intended to make the arguments accessible to a more general readership. Although the book can be read as a defense of the critical-level generalized-utilitarian class of principles, comprehensive examinations of other classes are included.

ISBN: 9780521532587

Dimensions: 229mm x 153mm x 19mm

Weight: 509g

378 pages