Policy evaluation under severe uncertainty: a cautious, egalitarian approach

Voorhoeve, Alex (2021) Policy evaluation under severe uncertainty: a cautious, egalitarian approach. In: Heilmann, Conrad and Reiss, Julian, (eds.) The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Economics. Routledge Handbooks in Philosophy. Routledge, Abingdon, UK, 467 - 479. ISBN 9781138824201

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Abstract

In some severely uncertain situations, as exemplified by climate change and novel pandemics, policymakers lack a reasoned basis for assigning probabilities to the possible outcomes of the policies they must choose between. I outline and defend an uncertainty-averse, egalitarian approach to policy evaluation in these contexts. The upshot is a theory of distributive justice that offers especially strong reasons to guard against individual and collective misfortune.

Item Type:	Book Section
Official URL:	https://www.routledge.com/The-Routledge-Handbook-o...
Additional Information:	© 2022 The Author
Divisions:	Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > B Philosophy (General) J Political Science > JC Political theory
Date Deposited:	07 Jan 2022 10:48
Last Modified:	17 Apr 2024 18:15
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/113354

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