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Individualist Theories and Interpersonal Aggregation

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ID21315917
AuthorsErik Zhang (0000-0002-6055-5396, corresponding author)
Year2024
Volume134
Issue4
Pages479-511
Publication date2024-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueEthics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0014-1704 • E-ISSN: 1539-297X
PublisherUniversity of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1086/729703
OpenAlexW4399316337
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited17

This article offers a solution to the numbers problem within an individualist moral framework. Its central aims are as follows: to rescue individualist moral theories, such as moral contractualism, from their long-standing problem with interpersonal aggregation; to demonstrate how, proceeding from an individualist mode of justification, we can nevertheless make the numbers count without directly counting the numbers; to provide an individualist rationale for accepting a partially aggregative criterion of adjudication for resolving interpersonal trade-offs; and finally, to develop an extensionally adequate version of partial aggregation that finds application in more structurally complex cases

Economics · Epistemology · Individualism · Interpersonal communication · Critical Realism in Sociology · Philosophical Ethics and Theory · Philosophy · Political Philosophy and Ethics · Psychology · Social Psychology

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Unique citing works3
Citations per year1,5
Citation span2024 - 2026 (3)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 3
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