Equality-tempered prioritarianism

Bibliographic Data

ID7354186
AuthorsDale Dorsey (0000-0002-7184-6703, University of Kansas, corresponding author)
Year2013
Volume13
Issue1
Pages45-61
Publication date2013-04-02
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePolitics Philosophy & Economics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1470-594X • E-ISSN: 1741-3060
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1470594x13483479
OpenAlexW2018635654
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited18

In this paper, I present and explore an alternative to a standard prioritarian axiology. Equality-tempered prioritarianism holds that the value of welfare increases should be balanced against the value of equality. However, given that, under prioritarianism, the value of marginal welfare benefits decreases as the welfare of beneficiaries increases, equality-tempered prioritarianism holds that the intrinsic value of equality will be sufficient to alter a prioritarian verdict only in cases in which welfare benefits are granted to the very well-off. I argue that this view, suitably refined, solves a persistent problem for prioritarianism, and is superior to alternatives

Axiology · Economics · Market economy · Mathematical economics · Microeconomics · Political science · Public economics · Statistics · Value (mathematics · Verdict · Welfare · Free Will and Agency · Law · Mathematics · Philosophical Ethics and Theory · Political Philosophy and Ethics

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