Fairness versus Welfare / / Steven Shavell, Louis Kaplow.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 (Canada)
• VerfasserIn: Kaplow, Louis,; Shavell, Steven,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2022]; ©2002
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (570 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; SUMMARY OF CONTENTS --; CONTENTS --; Prologue --; Acknowledgments --; PART ONE. FRAMEWORK --; I. Introduction --; II. Welfare Economics and Notions of Fairness --; PART TWO. ANALYSIS --; III. Torts --; IV. Contracts --; V. Legal Procedure --; VI. Law Enforcement --; PART THREE. EXTENSIONS --; VII. On the Use of Notions of Fairness and Welfare Economics by Different Types of Actors --; VIII. Comments on the Breadth and Soundness of Welfare Economics --; IX. Conclusion --; References --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780674039315; 9783110756067; 9783110442205
• DOI: 10.4159/9780674039315?locatt=mode:legacy
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Steven Shavell, Louis Kaplow.

By what criteria should public policy be evaluated? Fairness and justice? Or the welfare of individuals? Debate over this fundamental question has spanned the ages. Fairness versus Welfare poses a bold challenge to contemporary moral philosophy by showing that most moral principles conflict more sharply with welfare than is generally recognized. Fairness versus Welfare has profound implications for the theory and practice of policy analysis and has already generated considerable debate in academia.