Fairness Versus Welfare

by Steven Shavell and Louis Kaplow

Book Overview

By what criteria should public policy be evaluated? Fairness and justice? Or the welfare of individuals? Debate over this fundamental question has spanned the ages.

Fairness versus Welfare poses a bold challenge to contemporary moral philosophy by showing that most moral principles conflict more sharply with welfare than is generally recognized. In particular, the authors demonstrate that all principles that are not based exclusively...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674023641
• ISBN13: 9780674023642
• Release Date: September 2006
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 576 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 7.8" x 9.9"