Choice Group Seminar by Alex Voorhoeve (LSE)

Title: Limited Aggregation: A Pluralist, Sufficientarian-Egalitarian Approach

Abstract: Limited Aggregation is based on the compelling idea that we should both (i) save one person from an early death rather than any number of people from a very minor harm and (ii) save a great many from a considerable harm that is less bad than an early death rather than one person from death. It has, however, proven challenging to find an acceptable Limited Aggregative view of distributive ethics. We propose a novel view grounded in the three aims of reducing deprivation, reducing inequality, and improving the general welfare which avoids the key drawbacks of rival views. Alex Voorhoeve (LSE) and Norihito Sakamoto (Tokyo University of Science)

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