- Title Pages
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- List of Contributors
- Introduction
-
Chapter 1 Why Economics Needs Ethical Theory -
Chapter 2 The Sen System of Social Evaluation -
Chapter 3 The Good Life and the Good Economy* -
Chapter 4 The Adaptation Problem, Evolution and Normative Economics* -
Chapter 5 Rights and Interests -
Chapter 6 Elements of a Theory of the Right to Development* -
Chapter 7 Rational Choice on General Domains* -
Chapter 8 Some Remarks on the Ranking of Infinite Utility Streams* -
Chapter 9 Individual Choices in a Non‐Consequentialist Framework* -
Chapter 10 The Method of Majority Decision and Rationality Conditions* -
Chapter 11 Convexity and Separability in Representing Consensus -
Chapter 12 Rights, Individual Preferences and Collective Rationality -
Chapter 13 Irrelevant Alternatives -
Chapter 14 Limited Rights and Social Choice Rules* -
Chapter 15 Dominance Criteria for Critical‐Level Generalized Utilitarianism* -
Chapter 16 The Measurement of Capabilities* -
Chapter 17 On Ultrapoverty* -
Chapter 18 Multidimensional Poverty Orderings* -
Chapter 19 External Capabilities* -
Chapter 20 On the Welfarist Rationale for Relative Poverty Lines* -
Chapter 21 Justice as Fairness and the Capability Approach* -
Chapter 22 Ungrouping Income Distributions -
Chapter 23 A Practical Proposal for Simplifying the Measurement of Income Poverty* -
Chapter 24 Concepts and Measures of Agency* -
Chapter 25 Sen's Identities -
Chapter 26 Welfare Economics and Giving for Development* -
Chapter 27 Equity and Sharing the Cost of a Public Project* -
Chapter 28 Isolation, Assurance and Rules* -
Chapter 29 Simple Formulae for Optimal Income Taxation and the Measurement of Inequality* - Index of Names
- Index of Subjects
Individual Choices in a Non‐Consequentialist Framework *
Individual Choices in a Non‐Consequentialist Framework *
A PROCEDURAL APPROACH
- Chapter:
- (p.148) Chapter 9 Individual Choices in a Non‐Consequentialist Framework*
- Source:
- Arguments for a Better World: Essays in Honor of Amartya Sen
- Author(s):
Wulf Gaertner
Yongsheng Xu
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Most of game theory, welfare economics, and choice theory is consequentialist in nature. What really matters in these analyses are outcomes, which are often measured in terms of utilities or monetary payoffs. Non-consequentialist features may, however, matter. The procedural aspect behind availability of alternatives may induce an individual to abstain from choosing any element at all so that the choice set becomes empty. This chapter relates the concept of choice to procedural aspects of different kinds. Availability of objects, different aspects of production as such, and shrinkages from an originally given set of options to several of its subsets are considered. Rationalizability of choice in such contexts is studied axiomatically. The chapter relates conditions to the standard consistency conditions from traditional choice theory. It finally makes a suggestion how to derive an ordering over different procedures.
Keywords: non-consequentialist approach, procedural aspects, choice functions, rationalizability, consistency
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- Title Pages
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- List of Contributors
- Introduction
-
Chapter 1 Why Economics Needs Ethical Theory -
Chapter 2 The Sen System of Social Evaluation -
Chapter 3 The Good Life and the Good Economy* -
Chapter 4 The Adaptation Problem, Evolution and Normative Economics* -
Chapter 5 Rights and Interests -
Chapter 6 Elements of a Theory of the Right to Development* -
Chapter 7 Rational Choice on General Domains* -
Chapter 8 Some Remarks on the Ranking of Infinite Utility Streams* -
Chapter 9 Individual Choices in a Non‐Consequentialist Framework* -
Chapter 10 The Method of Majority Decision and Rationality Conditions* -
Chapter 11 Convexity and Separability in Representing Consensus -
Chapter 12 Rights, Individual Preferences and Collective Rationality -
Chapter 13 Irrelevant Alternatives -
Chapter 14 Limited Rights and Social Choice Rules* -
Chapter 15 Dominance Criteria for Critical‐Level Generalized Utilitarianism* -
Chapter 16 The Measurement of Capabilities* -
Chapter 17 On Ultrapoverty* -
Chapter 18 Multidimensional Poverty Orderings* -
Chapter 19 External Capabilities* -
Chapter 20 On the Welfarist Rationale for Relative Poverty Lines* -
Chapter 21 Justice as Fairness and the Capability Approach* -
Chapter 22 Ungrouping Income Distributions -
Chapter 23 A Practical Proposal for Simplifying the Measurement of Income Poverty* -
Chapter 24 Concepts and Measures of Agency* -
Chapter 25 Sen's Identities -
Chapter 26 Welfare Economics and Giving for Development* -
Chapter 27 Equity and Sharing the Cost of a Public Project* -
Chapter 28 Isolation, Assurance and Rules* -
Chapter 29 Simple Formulae for Optimal Income Taxation and the Measurement of Inequality* - Index of Names
- Index of Subjects
