Rawls versus Bentham: An axiomatic examination of the pure distribution problem

DOI10.1007/BF00136651zbMath0283.90002MaRDI QIDQ1844584

Amartya Sen

Publication date: 1974

Published in: Theory and Decision (Search for Journal in Brave)

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Utility theory (91B16) Statistical decision theory (62C99)

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