Weighing Lives

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Broome, John

BuchKartoniert, Paperback

292 Seiten

Englisch

OUP Oxforderschienen am18.05.2006

How should we weigh lives? This book develops a theoretical basis for answering this practical question. Using some of the precise methods of economic theory (accessible without mathematical expertise), its conclusions are significant for political theorists and economists, as well as for philosophers, and anyone concerned with the value of life.mehr

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KlappentextHow should we weigh lives? This book develops a theoretical basis for answering this practical question. Using some of the precise methods of economic theory (accessible without mathematical expertise), its conclusions are significant for political theorists and economists, as well as for philosophers, and anyone concerned with the value of life.

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ISBN/GTIN978-0-19-929770-2

ProduktartBuch

EinbandartKartoniert, Paperback

Verlag

OUP Oxford

Erscheinungsjahr2006

Erscheinungsdatum18.05.2006

Seiten292 Seiten

SpracheEnglisch

MasseBreite 156 mm, Höhe 234 mm, Dicke 16 mm

Gewicht447 g

Artikel-Nr.11489630

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GenrePhilosophie/Religion/Geisteswissenschaften

Inhalt/Kritik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Weighing lives ; 2. Some technical matters ; 3. Right and good ; 4. Features of Goodness ; 5. Quantities of lifetime wellbeing ; 6. Quantities of temporal wellbeing ; 7. Separability of times ; 8. Separability of lives ; 9. Same-number aggregation ; 10. The neutral level for existence ; 11. Nonstandard betterness ; 12. Indeterminate betterness ; 13. Separability of people ; 14. The standardized total principle ; 15. Same-lifetime aggregation ; 16. A life worth living ; 17. The value of a life ; 18. The theory of weighing lives ; Bibliography ; Indexmehr