评估人口变化的社会标准：布莱克奥尔比 - 唐纳森标准的替代方案。

Social criteria for evaluating population change: an alternative to the Blackorby-Donaldson criterion.

作者信息

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出版信息

J Public Econ. 1986 Apr;29(3):375-81. doi: 10.1016/0047-2727(86)90036-8.

Abstract

"An ethical objection is raised against the Blackorby-Donaldson criterion of optimum population maximizing the sum total of utilities in excess of some critical level, since it may disprefer a social state with more people and with more worthwhile lives. However, the criterion may serve as a practicably reasonable compromise between maximizing total and average utility. Nevertheless, an alternative compromise (the maximization of number-dampened total utility) is proposed that is free from the above objection."

摘要

有人对布莱克奥尔比 - 唐纳森最优人口标准提出了伦理上的反对意见，该标准旨在使超过某个临界水平的效用总和最大化，因为它可能不倾向于选择一个人口更多且有更多有价值生活的社会状态。然而，该标准可作为在总效用最大化和平均效用最大化之间切实可行的合理折衷方案。尽管如此，本文提出了另一种折衷方案（数量衰减总效用最大化），它不存在上述反对意见。