Prioritarianism in Practice

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Matthew D. Adler (Duke University, North Carolina) Ole F. Norheim (Universitetet i Bergen, Norway)

Prioritarianism in Practice

Matthew D. Adler (Duke University, North Carolina), Ole F. Norheim (Universitetet i Bergen, Norway)

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Cambridge University Press
29 August 2024

Ethics & moral philosophy; Social & political philosophy; Economics; Economic theory & philosophy; Political economy

Prioritarianism is an ethical theory that gives extra weight to the well-being of the worse off.

In contrast, dominant policy-evaluation methodologies, such as benefit-cost analysis, cost-effectiveness analysis, and utilitarianism, ignore or downplay issues of fair distribution. Based on a research group founded by the editors, this important book is the first to show how prioritarianism can be used to assess governmental policies and evaluate societal conditions. This book uses prioritarianism as a methodology to evaluate governmental policy across a variety of policy domains: taxation, health policy, risk regulation, education, climate policy, and the COVID-19 pandemic. It is also the first to demonstrate how prioritarianism improves on GDP as an indicator of a society's progress over time. Edited by two senior figures in the field with contributions from some of the world's leading economists, this volume bridges the gap from the theory of prioritarianism to its practical application.

Edited by: Matthew D. Adler (Duke University North Carolina), Ole F. Norheim (Universitetet i Bergen, Norway)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 35mm
Weight: 978g
ISBN: 9781108703604
ISBN 10: 1108703607
Pages: 686
Publication Date: 29 August 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

1. Introduction Matthew D. Adler and Ole F. Norheim; 2. Theory of prioritarianism Matthew D. Adler; 3. Well-being measurement Matthew D. Adler and Koen Decancq; 4. Prioritarianism and optimal taxation Matti Tuomala and Matthew Weinzierl; 5. Prioritarianism and measuring social progress Koen Decancq and Eric Schokkaert; 6. Prioritarianism and health policy Richard Cookson, Ole F. Norheim, and Ieva Skarda; 7. Prioritarianism and fatality risk regulation James K. Hammitt and Nicolas Treich; 8. Prioritarianism and climate change Maddalena Ferranna and Marc Fleurbaey; 9. Prioritarianism and education Erwin Ooghe; 10. Empirical research on ethical preferences: How popular is prioritarianism? Erik Schokkaert and Benoît Tarroux; 11. Prioritarianism and equality of opportunity Paolo Brunori, Francisco H.G. Ferreira, and Vito Peragine; 12. Prioritarianism and the covid-19 pandemic David E. Bloom, Maddalena Ferranna, and J. P. Sevilla.

Matthew D. Adler is Richard A. Horvitz Professor of Law and Professor of Economics, Philosophy, and Public Policy at Duke University. He is the author of Measuring Social Welfare (2019) and Well-Being and Fair Distribution: Beyond Cost-Benefit Analysis (2012). Ole F. Norheim is Professor of Medical Ethics at University of Bergen, Norway and Adjunct Professor of Global Health at Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health.

Reviews for Prioritarianism in Practice

'Prioritarianism is, broadly speaking, the ethical principle of decision-making in which we give extra weight to the needs of the most deprived. What makes Prioritarianism in Practice a valuable book is that it is a stocktaking of the philosophy and economics of prioritarianism and includes a series of chapters that show how these ideas can help us navigate the challenges we currently face - from health economics and policy, and climate change and interventions to combat inequality of opportunity, through the nature of education needed in this new world, to an excellent, topical chapter on Prioriarianism and the COVID-19 Pandemic. The book serves as a single source for the philosophy of prioritarianism and its real-world applications.' Kaushik Basu, Cornell University 'The book serves as a single source for the philosophy of prioritarianism and its real-world applications. The first two chapters, by Matthew Adler and Ole Norheim and by Matthew Adler, respectively, constitute a masterly survey of this important subject. … The engaging chapters on education and prioritarianism and health policy and prioritarianism, for instance, will be of great interest to economic theorists and welfare economists, but they will also be of interest to the policymaker.' Kaushik Basu, Journal of Economic Literature '… a good reference book, particularly indicated to post-graduate students and all scholars interested in the conception of policies.' Stefano Solari, History of Economic Thought and Policy