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Utilitarianism: Volume 26, Part 1 - The Aggregation Question (Paperback)
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Utilitarianism: Volume 26, Part 1 - The Aggregation Question (Paperback)
Series: Social Philosophy and Policy
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Utilitarianism and other aggregationist moral theories view the
public interest or the general welfare as an aggregate of
individual goods. But critics of these theories question whether
there is adequate justification for employing the concept of an
aggregate social good. How are we supposed to sum up individual
interests? Is it even possible to compare the utilities of
different people or to assign values to individual utilities that
can be added or subtracted? If not, how is the general good to be
aggregated? Critics have also raised concerns about the aggregative
approach in ethics--concerns about its implications for
distributive justice, individual liberty, and democratic
institutions. The essays in this volume explore these issues and
address related questions. Some of them examine specific objections
to aggregation, others analyze the very idea of a social good or
social welfare. Other essays discuss the application of aggregative
principles to particular problems.
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