Minimal relativism, dominance, and standard of living comparisons based on functionings

Prasanta K. Pattanaik and Yongsheng Xu

Oxford Economic Papers, 2007, vol. 59, issue 2, 354-374

Abstract: This paper considers the functioning approach to the standard of living. It shows that, in evaluating standards of living, one is faced with deep-rooted tensions between the principle of weak dominance and the principle of minimal relativism, which requires some minimal respect for differences between the evaluations of different individuals and/or the differences between the norms of different communities. Copyright 2007 , Oxford University Press.

Date: 2007
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