Just Results: Ethical Foundations for Policy Analysis

Informing and stimulating the philosophical thinking of policy analysts, the book develops a concretely applicable way of reasoning about the conflict between considerations of justice (which traditionally have been framed in qualitative terms) and considerations of aggregate utility (which have been framed in quantitative terms). A central argument is that without value assumptions, no public policy would be possible. Paper edition (unseen), $21.95. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.