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Title:

Interpersonal comparisons of well-being / edited by Jon Elster and John E. Roemer.

Edition:

1st pbk. ed.

Publisher:

Cambridge University Press,

Copyright Date:

1993, c1991

Description:

viii, 400 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Social justice--Congresses.
Social ethics--Congresses.
Utilitarianism--Congresses.
Justice sociale--Congrès.
Morale sociale--Congrès.

Other Authors:

Elster, Jon, 1940-
Roemer, John E.
Maison des sciences de l'homme (Paris, France)

Notes:

"Published in collaboration with Maison des sciences de l'homme, Paris." Based on 2 conferences held in 1987 and 1988 at the University of California (Davis) and the University of Chicago. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

The moral basis of interpersonal comparisons / Thomas M. Scanlon -- Against the taste model / James Griffin -- Utilitarian metaphysics? / John Broome -- Local justice and interpersonal comparisons / Jon Elster -- Notes on the psychology of utility / Daniel Kahneman and Carol Varey -- Adult-equivalence scales, interpersonal comparisons of well-being, and applied welfare economics / Charles Blackorby and David Donaldson -- Interpersonal comparisons of utility : why and how they are and should be made / Peter J. Hammond -- A reconsideration of the Harsanyi-Sen debate on utilitarianism / John A. Weymark -- Deducing interpersonal comparisons from local expertise / Ignacio Ortuño-Ortin and John E. Roemer.
Subjective interpersonal comparison / Aanund Hylland -- Utilitarian fundamentalism and limited information / C. d'Aspremont and L.A. Gérard-Varet.

Series:

Studies in rationality and social change

ISBN:

9780521457224
052145722X

OCLC:

(OCoLC)30855888

Locations:

N5UX522 -- University of Iowa Law Library (Iowa City)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)