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Value Incommensurability Ethics, Risk, and Decision-Making

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Incommensurability is the impossibility to determine how two options relate to each other in terms of conventional comparative relations. This book features new research on incommensurability from philosophers who have shaped the field into what it is today, including John Broome, Ruth Chang and Wlo...

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Other Authors: Andersson, Henrik (Editor), Herlitz, Anders (Editor)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis 2022
Series:Routledge Studies in Ethics and Moral Theory
Subjects:
Ethics & moral philosophy
Anders Herlitz
basic contraction consistency
Chrisoula Andreou
comparative relations
decision theory
dynamic choice
Gustaf Arrhenius
Henrik Andersson
imprecise equality
incommensurability
John Broome
Krister Bykvist
Luke Elson
Mozaffar Qizilbash
mere addition paradox
parity
population ethics
Ruth Chang
reasonable choice
repugnant conclusion
risk
spectrum arguments
uncertainty
vagueness
value aggregation
value imprecision
Wlodek Rabinowicz
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Summary:Incommensurability is the impossibility to determine how two options relate to each other in terms of conventional comparative relations. This book features new research on incommensurability from philosophers who have shaped the field into what it is today, including John Broome, Ruth Chang and Wlodek Rabinowicz. The book covers four aspects relating to incommensurability. In the first part, the contributors synthesize research on the competing views of how to best explain incommensurability. Part II illustrates how incommensurability can help us deal with seemingly insurmountable problems in ethical theory and population ethics. The contributors address the Repugnant Conclusion, the Mere Addition Paradox and so-called Spectrum Arguments. The chapters in Part III outline and summarize problems caused by incommensurability for decision theory. Finally, Part IV tackles topics related to risk, uncertainty and incommensurability. Value Incommensurability: Ethics, Risk, and Decision-Making will be of interest to researchers and advanced students working in ethical theory, decision theory, action theory, and philosophy of economics.
Physical Description:1 electronic resource (288 p.)
ISBN:9781003148012
9781000526981
9780367702182
9780367707873
Access:Open Access

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