The Impartial Observer Theorem of Social Ethics

Philippe Mongin

Working Papers from Paris X - Nanterre, U.F.R. de Sc. Ec. Gest. Maths Infor.

Abstract: Following a long-standing philosophical tradition, impartiality is a distinctive and determining feature of moral judgements, especially in matters of distributive justice. This broad ethical tradition was revived in welfare economics by Vickrey, and aboce all, Harsanyi, under the form of the so-called Impartial Observer Theorem. The paper offers an analytical reconstruction of this argument and a philosophical critique of its premisses.

Keywords: SOCIAL CHOICE; UNCERTAINTY; ECONOMIC THEORY (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: B21 D63 D81 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 34 pages
Date: 1999
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