Prioritarianism for Variable Populations

Author: Brown, Campbell¹

Source: Philosophical Studies, Volume 134, Number 3, June 2007 , pp. 325-361(37)

Publisher: Springer

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Abstract:

Philosophical discussions of prioritarianism, the view that we ought to give priority to those who are worse off, have hitherto been almost exclusively focused on cases involving a fixed population. The aim of this paper is to extend the discussion of prioritarianism to encompass also variable populations. I argue that prioritarianism, in its simplest formulation, is not tenable in this area. However, I also propose several revised formulations that, so I argue, show more promise.

Document Type: Research article

DOI: 10.1007/s11098-005-0897-5

Affiliations: 1: Email: browncf@bgnet.bgsu.edu

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