Generalized social welfare functionals: Welfarism, morality and liberty
type: Item
instance of: scholarly article
title: Generalized social welfare functionals: Welfarism, morality and liberty
zbMATH Open document ID: 0603.90009
DOI: 10.1007/BF00292730
author: B. George
published in: Social Choice and Welfare
publication date: 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z
review text: The concept of a generalized social welfare functional (GSWFL) is introduced to permit the integration of appealing moral principles into the traditional Pareto-inclusive welfarist framework of utilitarianism and welfare economics. Attention is focused on a so-called ''liberal utilitarian'' GSWFL which incorporates libertarian rights within the utilitarian calculus in a fashion reminiscent of J. S. Mill's philosphy. It is suggested that welfarist social choice theory may be a far more powerful and flexible tool of political and economic analysis than is commonly thought.
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 91B14
zbMATH DE Number: 3974644
zbMATH Keywords: generalized social welfare functional
zbMATH Keywords: liberal utilitarian
MaRDI profile type: Publication
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full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00292730
OpenAlex ID: W1980080052
description: scientific article; zbMATH DE number 3974644