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Pluralism and Natural Justice
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Module 4
Utilitarianism and Consequentialist Justice
1
Utilitarianism: Act, Rule, and Preference
Distinguish act, rule, and preference utilitarianism and their differing implications for justice.
2
Utilitarianism and the Separateness of Persons
Analyze the 'separateness of persons' objection against utilitarian aggregation.
3
Prioritarianism: Prioritizing the Worse-Off in Utilitarianism
Explain how prioritarianism modifies utilitarianism to give greater weight to the worse-off.
4
Utilitarianism vs. Prioritarianism in Policy
Compare utilitarian and prioritarian approaches to a policy problem, such as healthcare allocation.
5
Arrow's Theorem and the Limits of Social Welfare
Analyze the implications of Arrow's Impossibility Theorem for the philosophical project of aggregating preferences into a social welfare function.
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