Browsing Department of Economics by Subject "utilitarianism"

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    • John Charles Harsanyi 
      Weymark, John A. (Vanderbilt University, 2006)
      Abstract: This article provides an overview of the main events in the life of John Harsanyi and a summary of his research on decision-theoretic foundations for utilitarianism, cooperative bargaining theory, games of ...
    • Measurement Theory and the Foundations of Utilitarianism 
      Weymark, John A. (Vanderbilt University, 2005)
      This article reconsiders the Harsanyi-Sen debate concerning whether Harsanyi is justified in interpreting his Aggregation and Impartial Observer Theorems as providing axiomatizations of utilitarianism. Sen's criticism and ...