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Utilitarianism and Welfarism
Author(s)Sen, Amartya
AbstractIn this paper, Amartya Sen is concerned with the features of utilitarianism that cannot be traced to consequentialism. The intention is to provide a critique of utilitarianism without disputing the acceptability of consequentialism.
IssueNo9
Pages463-489
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SourceJournal of Philosophy
VolumeNo76
PubDateSeptember 1979
ISBN_ISSN0022-362X

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