Amartya Sen has advanced a number of distinct arguments against utilitarianism and 'utility'-based views more generally …

established criteria forthe assessment of intertemporal societal choice, namely Pareto-efficiency, (discounted) utilitarian …

people are plagued by irrational biases and inconsistencies. The author elucidates how these developments have led to a post-utilitarianism …

of others, the optimal income distribution under utilitarianism is equality of incomes. …

consumers both acquire numerous goods that increase their efficiency. This leads to positive feedback loops which can be … interpreted as growth imperatives. For firms, increases of efficiency are accepted since long as a main motive for investments … terms, 'efficiency consumption' is introduced theoretically as a means for securing an income (consumer investment). It is …

In this paper we analyse public sector efficiency in the new member states of the European Union compared to that in … emerging markets. After a conceptual discussion of expenditure efficiency measurement issues, we compute efficiency scores and … rankings by applying a range of measurement techniques. The study finds that expenditure efficiency across new EU member states …

global climate change. We employ six criteria to evaluate the policy proposals: environmental outcome, dynamic efficiency … environmental outcome and efficiency, and between cost-effectiveness and incentives for participation and compliance. …