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Titre |
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Foundations of utilitarianism under risk and variable population
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Résumé |
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Utilitarianism is the most prominent family of social welfare functions. We present three new axiomatic characterizations of utilitarian (that is, additively separable) social welfare functions in a setting where there is risk over both population size and the welfares of individuals. First, we show that, given uncontroversial basic axioms, Blackorby et al.'s (1998) Expected Critical-Level Generalized Utilitarianism (ECLGU) is equivalent to a new axiom holding that it is better to allocate higher utility-conditional-on-existence to possible people who have a higher probability of existence. The other two novel characterizations extend classic axiomatizations of utilitarianism from settings with either social risk or variable-population, considered alone. By considering both social risk and variable population together, we clarify the fundamental normative considerations underlying utilitarian policy evaluation.
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Auteur(s)
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Dean Spears
1, 2, 3, 4
, Stéphane Zuber
5, 6, 7
1
University of Texas at Austin [Austin]
( 74980 )
- 1 University Station Austin, Texas 78712
- États-Unis
2
Indian Statistical Institute [New Delhi]
( 419552 )
- 7, S. J. S. Sansanwal Marg, New Delhi - 110016
- Inde
3
IZA -
Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit - Institute of Labor Economics
( 237214 )
- Schaumburg-Lippe-Str. 5-9 D-53113 Bonn Germany
- Allemagne
4
IFFS -
Institute for Futures Studies
( 1062486 )
- Contact IFFS : Box 591, SE-101 31 Stockholm - Visiting Address: Holländargatan 13
- Suède
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PSE -
Paris School of Economics
( 301309 )
- 48 boulevard Jourdan 75014 Paris
- France
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Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne ( 7550 )
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École normale supérieure - Paris ( 59704 )
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Université Paris Sciences et Lettres ( 564132 )
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École des hautes études en sciences sociales ( 99539 )
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École des Ponts ParisTech ( 301545 )
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Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( 441569 )
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Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement ( 577435 )
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CNRS -
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
( 441569 )
- France
7
CES -
Centre d'économie de la Sorbonne
( 15080 )
- Maison des Sciences Économiques - 106-112 Boulevard de l'Hôpital - 75647 Paris Cedex 13
- France
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Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne UMR8174 ( 7550 )
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Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique UMR8174 ( 441569 )
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Langue du document |
Anglais
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Vulgarisation |
Non
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Date de publication |
2021-05
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Description |
Documents de travail du Centre d'Economie de la Sorbonne 2021.17 - ISSN : 1955-611X
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Commentaire |
Domaine(s) |
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Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Economies et finances
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Mots-clés (JEL) |
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D - Microeconomics/D.D6 - Welfare Economics/D.D6.D63 - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
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D - Microeconomics/D.D8 - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty/D.D8.D83 - Search • Learning • Information and Knowledge • Communication • Belief • Unawareness
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J - Labor and Demographic Economics/J.J1 - Demographic Economics/J.J1.J10 - General
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Éditeur scientifique |
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Centre d'Economie de la Sorbonne (CES - UMR 8174)
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Mots-clés |
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Social risk, population ethics, utilitarianism, expected critical-level generalized utilitarianism, prioritarianism
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