Interpersonal Comparisons of Well-Being

Jon Elster, John E. Roemer (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

412 Seiten

1993
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-0-521-45722-4 (ISBN)

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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.

Acknowledgments; Introduction Jon Elster and John E. Roemer; 1. The moral basis of interpersonal comparisons Thomas M. Scanlon; 2. Against the taste model James Griffin; 3. Utilitarian metaphysics? John Broome; 4. Local justice and interpersonal comparisons Jon Elster; 5. Notes on the psychology of utility Daniel Kahneman and Carol Varey; 6. Adult-equivalence scales, interpersonal comparisons of well-being, and applied welfare economics Charles Blackorby and David Donaldson; 7. Interpersonal comparisons of utility: why and how they are and should be made Peter J. Hammond; 8. A consideration of the Harsanyi-Sen debate on utilitarianism John A. Weymark; 9. Deducing interpersonal comparisons from local expertise Ignacio Ortuno-Ortin and John E. Roemer; 10. Subjective interpersonal comparison Aanund Hylland; 11. Utilitarian fundamentalism and limited information C. D'Aspremont and L. A. Gerard-Varet; Index.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	30.7.1993
Reihe/Serie	Studies in Rationality and Social Change
Verlagsort	Cambridge
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 227 mm
Gewicht	550 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Ethik
ISBN-10	0-521-45722-X / 052145722X
ISBN-13	978-0-521-45722-4 / 9780521457224
Zustand	Neuware