Prioritarianism in Practice - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1108703607 ISBN 13: 9781108703604

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, 2024

Inhaltsangabe

Prioritarianism is an ethical theory that gives extra weight to the well-being of the worse off. In contrast, dominant policy-evaluation methodologies, such as benefit-cost analysis, cost-effectiveness analysis, and utilitarianism, ignore or downplay issues of fair distribution. Based on a research group founded by the editors, this important book is the first to show how prioritarianism can be used to assess governmental policies and evaluate societal conditions. This book uses prioritarianism as a methodology to evaluate governmental policy across a variety of policy domains: taxation, health policy, risk regulation, education, climate policy, and the COVID-19 pandemic. It is also the first to demonstrate how prioritarianism improves on GDP as an indicator of a society's progress over time. Edited by two senior figures in the field with contributions from some of the world's leading economists, this volume bridges the gap from the theory of prioritarianism to its practical application.

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Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Matthew D. Adler is Richard A. Horvitz Professor of Law and Professor of Economics, Philosophy, and Public Policy at Duke University. He is the author of Measuring Social Welfare (2019) and Well-Being and Fair Distribution: Beyond Cost-Benefit Analysis (2012).

Ole F. Norheim is Professor of Medical Ethics at University of Bergen, Norway and Adjunct Professor of Global Health at Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2024
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1108703607
• ISBN 13: 9781108703604
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 688
• Herausgeber: Adler Matthew D.
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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