Uncertainty, equality, fraternity

DOI10.1007/S11229-021-03217-1MaRDI QIDQ6147202zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Rush T. Stewart

Publication date 1 February 2024

Published in Synthese (Search for Journal in Brave)

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-021-03217-1

zbMATH Keywords

uncertaintyimprecise probabilitiesegalitarianismutilitarianismveil of ignorancedistributive justiceLerner's theorem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Utility theory (91B16) Axioms; other general questions in probability (60A05)

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