The paper axiomatises a generalised utilitarian aggregation rule, under which different weights are assigned to utilities depending on the different rights involved. The relationship between actions, rights and the evaluation of utilities is investigated. Application is made to a famous example,...

This paper examines the classes of inequality measures determined by three independence conditions concerning transfers of income. The weight function involved is adapted to obtain poverty measures. Copyright 1998 by Economics Department of the University of Pennsylvania and the Osaka University...