Risk, Death, and Well-Being
Overview & Synopsis
A wide range of governmental policies characteristic of the modern state seek to reduce individuals’ fatality risks. Risk, Death, and Well-Being provides a rigorous treatment of the ethics of fatality risk regulation. It does so through the lens of welfare-consequentialism—specifically, lifetime welfarism, with a particular focus on utilitarianism and prioritarianism. At the level of policy choice, the book deploys the social-welfare-function (SWF) framework—which is the most systematic decision-procedure for implementing lifetime welfarism.
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Document Information
| Document Title | Risk, Death, and Well-Being |
|---|---|
| Author / Organization | Adler, Matthew D. |
| Subject & Discipline | fatality risk; welfarism; utilitarianism; prioritarianism; social welfare function; SWF; cost-benefit analysis; CBA |
| Categories | Humanities & Social Sciences |
| Publication Year | 2025 |
| License / Rights | Open Access / Creative Commons |
| Resource Verification | Listed PDF (Verification Pending) |
| Original Host Website |
OAPEN Library
(www.oapen.org)
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| File Format | application/pdf (Portable Document Format) |
| Language | EN |
| Catalog ID | DOC-4239 |
| Original Source Link | Visit Source Page on www.oapen.org » |