CONCERNS FOR THE POORLY OFF IN ORDERING RISKY PROSPECTS. (20th July 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Bovens, Luc
• Is Part Of: Economics and philosophy. Volume 31:Number 3(2015:Nov.)
• Page Start: 397
• Page End: 429
• Publication Date: 2015-07-20
• Subjects: Prioritarianism, -- risk, -- prospects, -- separability, -- equally-distributed-equivalent; Economics -- Philosophy -- Periodicals; 330.01
• DOI: 10.1017/S0266267115000188
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0266-2671

Abstract

Abstract: The Distribution View provides a model that integrates four distributional concerns in the evaluation of risky prospects. Starting from these concerns, we can generate an ordering over a set of risky prospects, or, starting from an ordering, we can extract a characterization of the underlying distributional concerns.Separability of States and/orPersons for multiple-person risky prospects, for single-person risky prospects and for multiple-person certain prospects are discussed within the model. The Distribution View sheds light on public health policies and provides a framework for the discussion of Parfit's Priority View for risky prospects.