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

Charles Blackorby; Walter Bossert; David J. Donaldson

doi:10.1017/CCOL0521825512

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.

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Frontmatter
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1 - Introduction
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2 - Measurement of Individual Well-Being
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3 - Welfarist Social Evaluation
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4 - Fixed-Population Principles
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5 - Population Principles
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6 - Characterizations and Possibilities
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7 - Uncertainty and Incommensurabilities
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8 - Independence of the Existence of the Dead
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9 - Temporal Consistency
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10 - Choice Problems and Rationalizability
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11 - Applications
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References
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Author Index
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Subject Index
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Contents

Frontmatter
pp i-viii

1 - Introduction
pp 1-12

2 - Measurement of Individual Well-Being
pp 13-40

3 - Welfarist Social Evaluation
pp 41-67

4 - Fixed-Population Principles
pp 68-128

5 - Population Principles
pp 129-179

6 - Characterizations and Possibilities
pp 180-208

7 - Uncertainty and Incommensurabilities
pp 209-252

8 - Independence of the Existence of the Dead
pp 253-271

9 - Temporal Consistency
pp 272-285

10 - Choice Problems and Rationalizability
pp 286-319

11 - Applications
pp 320-346

References
pp 347-358

Author Index
pp 359-360

Subject Index
pp 361-369

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