Critical levels and the (reverse) repugnant conclusion

DOI10.1007/BF01227760zbMath1010.91524MaRDI QIDQ1601295

David Donaldson, Charles Blackorby, Walter Bossert, Fleurbaey, Marc

Publication date: 26 June 2002

Published in: Journal of Economics (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

population ethicscritical levelsrepugnant conclusion

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Mathematical geography and demography (91D20)

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Cites Work

• Leximin population ethics
• Birth-date dependent population ethics: Critical-level principles
• Quasi-orderings and population ethics
• Intertemporal Population Ethics: Critical-Level Utilitarian Principles
• Inequalities: theory of majorization and its applications

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