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Interpersonal Comparisons of Utility: A Comment

In: Economic Science and Political Economy

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  • Lionel Robbins

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In the course of his interesting paper on the “Scope and Method of Economics,”* Mr. Harrod raises once more the question of the status of interpersonal comparisons of utility. I do not wish directly to controvert any of his statements on this matter. But it occurs to me that a short account of the genesis of the views which I have put forward, and which form the subject of his friendly comment, might at once elucidate the nature of our differences and make clear to those who rejoice in the spectacle of disunity how very slender the practical implications of these differences actually are. I must apologise in advance for the personal nature of the argument. I am under no illusion concerning the interest of my intellectual difficulties in so far as they are purely my own. But, in so far as they can be regarded as typical, a brief explanation may perhaps facilitate mutual understanding.

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  • Lionel Robbins, 1997. "Interpersonal Comparisons of Utility: A Comment," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Susan Howson (ed.), Economic Science and Political Economy, chapter 14, pages 199-204, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-349-12761-0_15
    DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-12761-0_15
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    1. Shiri Cohen Kaminitz, 2018. "Happiness Studies and the Problem of Interpersonal Comparisons of Satisfaction: Two Histories, Three Approaches," Journal of Happiness Studies, Springer, vol. 19(2), pages 423-442, February.

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