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Article: Utilitarianism and prioritarianism II
Title | Utilitarianism and prioritarianism II |
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Issue Date | 2008 |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press. The Journal's web site is located at http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=EAP |
Citation | Economics and Philosophy, 2008, v. 24 n. 1, p. 1-33 How to Cite? |
Abstract | The priority view has become very popular in moral philosophy, but there is a serious question about how it should be formalized. The most natural formalization leads to ex post prioritarianism, which results from adding expected utility theory to the main ideas of the priority view. But ex post prioritarianism entails a claim which is too implausible for it to be a serious competitor to utilitarianism. In fact, ex post prioritarianism was probably never a genuine alternative to utilitarianism in the first place. By contrast, ex
ante prioritarianism is defensible. But its motivation is very different from the usual rationales offered for the priority view. Given the untenability of ex post prioritarianism, it is more natural for most friends of the priority view to revert to utilitarianism. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/176497 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 1.2 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.375 |
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DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | McCarthy, D | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2012-11-27T06:41:54Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2012-11-27T06:41:54Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2008 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Economics and Philosophy, 2008, v. 24 n. 1, p. 1-33 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 0266-2671 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/176497 | - |
dc.description.abstract | The priority view has become very popular in moral philosophy, but there is a serious question about how it should be formalized. The most natural formalization leads to ex post prioritarianism, which results from adding expected utility theory to the main ideas of the priority view. But ex post prioritarianism entails a claim which is too implausible for it to be a serious competitor to utilitarianism. In fact, ex post prioritarianism was probably never a genuine alternative to utilitarianism in the first place. By contrast, ex ante prioritarianism is defensible. But its motivation is very different from the usual rationales offered for the priority view. Given the untenability of ex post prioritarianism, it is more natural for most friends of the priority view to revert to utilitarianism. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.publisher | Cambridge University Press. The Journal's web site is located at http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=EAP | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Economics and Philosophy | - |
dc.rights | Economics and Philosophy. Copyright © Cambridge University Press. | - |
dc.title | Utilitarianism and prioritarianism II | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.identifier.email | McCarthy, D: mccarthy@hku.hk | - |
dc.description.nature | published_or_final_version | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1017/S026626710800165X | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-43949139934 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 24 | - |
dc.identifier.issue | 1 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 1 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 33 | - |
dc.identifier.eissn | 1474-0028 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000259750900001 | - |
dc.publisher.place | United Kingdom | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 0266-2671 | - |