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SUMMARY:Disaggregating goods - Mariam Thalos (University of Utah)
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CONTACT:Agnes Bolinska
DESCRIPTION:The history of the theory of decision is profoundly consequent
 ialist\, as perhaps it must be\, at least regarding certain decision conte
 xts. The central task\, within such a theory\, is to weigh the consequence
 s on a scale that can take everything into consideration simultaneously. B
 ut this task is monumental\, and potentially impossible. Not that the cons
 equences are unknowable – although that too is a problem. I will set tha
 t problem to one side for this study. The problem I am focusing on is that
  consequences\, goods of value generally\, are very hard to commensurate\,
  whether we are considering a decision from the point of view of ethics or
  not. I shall argue here that the wisest way with the question of weighing
  goods is not via a means of aggregating their value\, but instead via a j
 udicious means of dis-aggregating them. This goes very much against the tr
 adition in decision analysis. I want to articulate the reasons why this is
  the most defensible form of consequentialism.
LOCATION:Seminar Room 2\, Department of History and Philosophy of Science
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