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Perspectives on interpersonal utility comparisons: an analysis of selected models

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  • Afschin Gandjour

    (Frankfurt School of Finance & Management, Frankfurt am Main, Germany)

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: Recently, new models for comparing the strength of individual preferences have been proposed. This perspective article discusses these models within the context of different accounts of how people attribute mental states to others. The paper highlights that the new models share a common shortcoming with Harsanyi’s Equiprobability Model of Moral Value Judgments, which is the inability to facilitate interpersonal comparisons of preference strengths.

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  • Afschin Gandjour, 2024. "Perspectives on interpersonal utility comparisons: an analysis of selected models," The Journal of Philosophical Economics, Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies, The Journal of Philosophical Economics, vol. 17(1), pages 1-17, Annual.
    • Handle: RePEc:bus:jphile:v:17:y:2024:i:1:n:1
    DOI: 10.46298/jpe.11271
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    • B40 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - Economic Methodology - - - General
    • A12 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - Relation of Economics to Other Disciplines
    • Z13 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology; Language; Social and Economic Stratification

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