Mere addition is equivalent to avoiding the sadistic conclusion in all plausible variable-population social orderings

DOI10.1016/j.econlet.2020.109547zbMath1451.91062OpenAlexW3083986762WikidataQ100433995 ScholiaQ100433995MaRDI QIDQ2209607

Dean Spears, Nathan Franz

Publication date: 4 November 2020

Published in: Economics Letters (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://europepmc.org/articles/pmc7526863

zbMATH Keywords

utilitarianismsocial welfarepopulation ethicsrank-discounted utilitarianismmere additionsadistic conclusion

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Models of societies, social and urban evolution (91D10) Welfare economics (91B15)

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