Weighing Goods
Weighing Goods

Author: John Broome

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2017-07-07

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13: 1119451299

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This study uses techniques from economics to illuminate fundamental questions in ethics, particularly in the foundations of utilitarianism. Topics considered include the nature of teleological ethics, the foundations of decision theory, the value of equality and the moral significance of a person's continuing identity through time.

Weighing Goods
Weighing Goods

Author: John Broome

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2017-07-05

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13: 111945123X

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This study uses techniques from economics to illuminate fundamental questions in ethics, particularly in the foundations of utilitarianism. Topics considered include the nature of teleological ethics, the foundations of decision theory, the value of equality and the moral significance of a person's continuing identity through time.

Weighing and Reasoning
Weighing and Reasoning

Author: Iwao Hirose

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 270

ISBN-13: 0199684901

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Fifteen essays offer a comprehensive evaluation of Broome's philosophical works over the past thirty years. The first part focuses on Broome's work on the theory of value; the second part on his work on practical and theoretical reasoning, which culminated in his rationality through reasoning.

The Scales of Weighing Regulatory Costs
The Scales of Weighing Regulatory Costs

Author: Jamison E. Colburn

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2018-11-30

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 1788113500

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This book examines the calculation and evaluation of regulatory costs by regulators in accordance with a legislative mandate. A serious limitation in that enterprise, the possibility of technological change and innovation, often compromises those efforts and has long been under-appreciated in standard ‘cost-benefit analysis.’ Regulators who study the inducement of innovation and the avoidance of regulatory costs by the regulated often find significant cost-saving opportunities, leading to more stringent and more effective risk governance. Ultimately, the weighing of costs in this more elaborate model is more than simple welfare maximization. It views regulatory costs as important to society for a range of reasons, some grounded in fairness and some in deliberative process values, as a society seeks to minimize all costs over time.