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Cesàro average utilitarianism in relativistic spacetime

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  • Marcus Pivato

    (CY Cergy Paris Université, CNRS, THEMA)

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Widely accepted theories in modern cosmology say that spacetime is probably infinite. This raises the question how to define a social welfare order (SWO) for an infinite population of people dispersed throughout time and space. Any such SWO should be Lorentz invariant: it should yield the same value independent of the position and velocity of the social observer. I define and axiomatically characterize spatiotemporal Cesàro average utilitarian SWOs as a solution to this problem.

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  • Marcus Pivato, 2023. "Cesàro average utilitarianism in relativistic spacetime," Social Choice and Welfare, Springer;The Society for Social Choice and Welfare, vol. 61(4), pages 733-761, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sochwe:v:61:y:2023:i:4:d:10.1007_s00355-023-01470-6
    DOI: 10.1007/s00355-023-01470-6
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