Broome, John
White's Professor of Moral Philosophy, University of Oxford
Print publication date: 2004 (this edition)
Published to Oxford Scholarship Online:
Print ISBN-13: 978-0-19-924376-1
doi:10.1093/019924376X.003.0009
Published to Oxford Scholarship Online:
Print ISBN-13: 978-0-19-924376-1
doi:10.1093/019924376X.003.0009
9 Same-Number Aggregation
This chapter uses separability of lives to apply the same-number addition theorem, which derives originally from John Harsanyi, to arrive at a broadly utilitarian conclusion about aggregation across people when the population is constant. It outlines the assumptions required by the theorem.
Keywords: Harsanyi, same-number addition, utilitarianism
Keywords: Harsanyi, same-number addition, utilitarianism
doi:10.1093/019924376X.003.0009
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