prioritarianism
Sign in to savePrioritarianism, the priority view, or priority to the worst off is a perspective within ethics and political philosophy stating that "social welfare orderings should give explicit priority to the worse off". Prioritarianism resembles utilitarianism, and is likewise a form of aggregative consequentialism.
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Vinony's link graph records 15 inbound references to prioritarianism, and connects out to Aristotle, Confucius and Plato.
Vinony files it under Ethical theories, Political theories and Utilitarianism.
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- Distinction from utilitarianism
- Comparisons to related theories
- Objections
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Prioritarianism, the priority view, or priority to the worst off is a perspective within ethics and political philosophy stating that "social welfare orderings should give explicit priority to the worse off". Prioritarianism resembles utilitarianism, and is likewise a form of aggregative consequentialism.
The term "prioritarianism" was coined by the moral philosopher Larry Temkin. Richard Arneson, a proponent of the view, offers the following formulation:
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