Re: What to call "Econ-Libertarians"?
Daniel C. Burton (dburton@.berkeley.edu)
22 Oct 1997 04:12:46 GMT
How exactly do these non-subjective utilitarians evaluate consequences?
As far as I knew up until now utiliarianism was a school of thought
concerned with maximizing what people want, i.e. subjective.
Robin Hanson <hanson@econ.berkeley.edu> wrote:
: "Consequential libertarians" would be broader still, describing people who
: like the consquences of liberty. "Utili-'" bothers me because I'm not clear
: that everyone who uses it means to evaluate consequences from the point of
: view of the people effected. "Subjective Utili-" would be clearer, but is
: a bit ponderous.