The prospects for ‘Prospect Utilitarianism’

Hun Chung argues for a theory of distributive justice—‘prospect utilitarianism’—that overcomes two central problems purportedly faced by sufficientarianism: giving implausible answers in ‘lifeboat cases’, where we can save the lives of some but not all of a group, and failing to respect the axiom of...

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Main Author: Davies, BT
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2022