This paper shows that, in a partially welfarist framework that permits discounting, per-period social evaluations can be consistent with a timeless social ordering only if social principles lead to the repugnant conclusion. The same result applies if per-period social evaluations are replaced by forward-looking evaluations (social orderings that, in a given period, depend on present and future utilities only).
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Paper provided by Universite Aix-Marseille III in its series G.R.E.Q.A.M. with number
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Length: 27 pages Date of creation: 1996 Date of revision: Handle: RePEc:fth:aixmeq:96a23
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