Screen LibraryChoosing for changing selves /
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Oxford University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Oxford : |
| Publication Dates: | 2019. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Carrier Form: | xiv, 253 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [239]-245) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780198814962 0198814968 |
| Index Number: | BJ1419 |
| CLC: | B82-05 |
| Call Number: | B82-05/P511 |
| Contents: | Part I. Aggregating selves. The problem of choosing for changing selves -- The economists' orthodoxy: expected utility theory -- Existing solutions I: the unchanging utility solution -- Existing solutions II: the utility of utility solution -- Existing solutions III: the one true utility solution -- The aggregate utility solution I: which attitudes to aggregate? -- The aggregate utility solution II: the solution itself -- Can we compare the utilities of different selves? -- Why aggregate using weighted averages? -- Do we know enough to make decisions this way? -- Part II. Setting the weights |