Karin Enflo
Biographic Data
| ID | 8995642 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Karin Enflo |
| GIVEN NAMES | Karin |
| FAMILY NAME | Enflo |
| SIGNATURE | ENFLO K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Stockholm University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9093-3995 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Measures to avoid the repugnant conclusion
Many social welfare measures will sometimes rank a large population of very well-faring people below a very large population of barely well-faring people. Thus, they entail the repugnant conclusion . If such rankings are indeed repugnant, there must be some mistake behind measures that imply them. This paper discusses what that mistake might be. After rejecting other proposals, I suggest that the mistaken assumption is that welfare values that ar…
Measuring one-dimensional diversity
A large number of diversity measures have been proposed in the literature, almost all of which are designed for sets with elements that differ in multiple aspects. However, these types of measures are not appropriate for sets with elements that differ in a single aspect only, such as duration, value or probability. In this essay I present a new measure of diversity, designed specifically for single aspect diversity. The measure captures the intui…
Measuring Social Welfare by Proximity to an Optimum Population
This essay introduces a new type of measure of social welfare, where populations are evaluated by their resemblance to an optimum population , which is an (in principle) possible population with the highest degree of social welfare, relative to some circumstances. Here, it is argued to be the largest possible population where everyone fares maximally well. The new measure is responsive to quality of welfare, equality of welfare and the number of …
The Equivalence of Egalitarianism and Prioritarianism
In this essay I argue that even though egalitarianism and prioritarianism are different theories of social welfare, they can use the same social welfare measures. I present six different arguments for this thesis. The first argument is that conceptual connections between egalitarianism and prioritarianism ensure that any measure that works for either theory works for both. The second argument is that conditions necessary and sufficient to identif…
Quantity, quality, equality
In this essay I propose a new measure of social welfare. It captures the intuitive idea that quantity , quality , and equality of individual welfare all matter for social welfare. More precisely, it satisfies six conditions: Equivalence , Dominance , Quality , Strict Monotonicity , Equality and Asymmetry . These state that (i) populations equivalent in individual welfare are equal in social welfare; (ii) a population that dominates another in ind…
Measures of Similarity
This article analyses the relationship between the concept of single aspect similarity and proposed measures of similarity. More precisely, it compares eleven measures of similarity in terms of how well they satisfy a list of desiderata, chosen to capture common intuitions concerning the properties of similarity and the relations between similarity and dissimilarity. Three types of measures are discussed: similarity as commonality, similarity as …
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Measures of Similarity
This article analyses the relationship between the concept of single aspect similarity and proposed measures of similarity. More precisely, it compares eleven measures of similarity in terms of how well they satisfy a list of desiderata, chosen to capture common intuitions concerning the properties of similarity and the relations between similarity and dissimilarity. Three types of measures are discussed: similarity as commonality, similarity as …
Quantity, quality, equality
In this essay I propose a new measure of social welfare. It captures the intuitive idea that quantity , quality , and equality of individual welfare all matter for social welfare. More precisely, it satisfies six conditions: Equivalence , Dominance , Quality , Strict Monotonicity , Equality and Asymmetry . These state that (i) populations equivalent in individual welfare are equal in social welfare; (ii) a population that dominates another in ind…
The Equivalence of Egalitarianism and Prioritarianism
In this essay I argue that even though egalitarianism and prioritarianism are different theories of social welfare, they can use the same social welfare measures. I present six different arguments for this thesis. The first argument is that conceptual connections between egalitarianism and prioritarianism ensure that any measure that works for either theory works for both. The second argument is that conditions necessary and sufficient to identif…
Measuring Social Welfare by Proximity to an Optimum Population
This essay introduces a new type of measure of social welfare, where populations are evaluated by their resemblance to an optimum population , which is an (in principle) possible population with the highest degree of social welfare, relative to some circumstances. Here, it is argued to be the largest possible population where everyone fares maximally well. The new measure is responsive to quality of welfare, equality of welfare and the number of …
Measures to avoid the repugnant conclusion
Many social welfare measures will sometimes rank a large population of very well-faring people below a very large population of barely well-faring people. Thus, they entail the repugnant conclusion . If such rankings are indeed repugnant, there must be some mistake behind measures that imply them. This paper discusses what that mistake might be. After rejecting other proposals, I suggest that the mistaken assumption is that welfare values that ar…
Measuring one-dimensional diversity
A large number of diversity measures have been proposed in the literature, almost all of which are designed for sets with elements that differ in multiple aspects. However, these types of measures are not appropriate for sets with elements that differ in a single aspect only, such as duration, value or probability. In this essay I present a new measure of diversity, designed specifically for single aspect diversity. The measure captures the intui…
Computer Science (4 works) · Mathematics (4 works) · Biology (3 works) · Economics (3 works) · Income, Poverty, and Inequality (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Population (3 works) · Social Welfare (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Welfare (3 works)