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 |
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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: | 05 Oct 2024 03:04 |
URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/113354 |
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