people are plagued by irrational biases and inconsistencies. The author elucidates how these developments have led to a post-utilitarianism … on the scope of government intervention. -- behavioural economics ; utilitarianism ; government ; paternalism …

Utilitarianism is the most prominent family of social welfare functions. We present three new axiomatic ….'s (1998) Expected Critical-Level Generalized Utilitarianism (ECLGU) is equivalent to a new axiom holding that it is better to … novel characterizations extend classic axiomatizations of utilitarianism from settings with either social risk or variable …

of benefit-cost analysis, utilitarianism, and prioritarianism in evaluating COVID-19-related policies. The relative … less aggressive control policies. Utilitarianism and prioritarianism, in that order, increasingly favor income … likely than utilitarianism or benefit-cost analysis to target young and socioeconomically disadvantaged individuals in the …

utilitarianism, in the variable-population setting, arises from a new, weak form of individual stochastic dominance with two … avoids prominent egalitarian objections to utilitarianism by only applying if certain correlations are preserved. Our result …