Weighing and aggregating reasons under uncertainty: a trilemma

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Abstract

I discuss the trilemma that consists of the following three principles being inconsistent:1.The Common Principle: if one distribution, A, necessarily brings a higher total sum of personal value that is distributed in a more egalitarian way than another distribution, B, A is more valuable than B.2.(Weak) ex-ante Pareto: if one uncertain distribution, A, is more valuable than another uncertain distribution, B, for each patient, A is more valuable than B.3.Pluralism about attitudes to risk (Pluralism): the personal value of a prospect is a weighted sum of the values of the prospect’s outcomes, but the weight each outcome gets might be different from the probability the prospect assigns to the outcome.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2853-2871
Number of pages19
JournalPhilosophical Studies
Volume178
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 2021

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Philosophy

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'Weighing and aggregating reasons under uncertainty: a trilemma'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this