Choosing for changing selves /
What we value, like, endorse, want and prefer changes over the course of our lives, sometimes as a result of decisions we make, such as when we choose to become a parent or move to a new country, and sometimes as a result of forces beyond our control, such as when our political views change as we gr...
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| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2019.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of 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. The problem of weighting changing selves
- The weight of the past
- Discounting the future
- The nearer the dearer
- I'll be glad I did it: so, I'll do it
- The road ahead.