The view from Manywhere: normative economics with context-dependent preferences

Guilhem Lecouteux () and Ivan Mitrouchev ()
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Guilhem Lecouteux: UniCA - Université Côte d'Azur, GREDEG - Groupe de Recherche en Droit, Economie et Gestion - UNS - Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (1965 - 2019) - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - UniCA - Université Côte d'Azur
Ivan Mitrouchev: LEM - Lille économie management - UMR 9221 - UA - Université d'Artois - UCL - Université catholique de Lille - Université de Lille - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

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Abstract: We propose a methodology for normative evaluation when preferences are context-dependent. We offer a precise definition of context-dependence and formulate a normative criterion of self-determination , according to which one situation is better than another if individuals are aware of more potential contexts of a choice problem. We provide two interpretations of our normative approach: an extension of Sugden's opportunity criterion and an application of Sen's positional views in his theory of justice. Our proposition is consistent with Muldoon's and Gaus' approaches of public reason in social contract theory, which account for the diversity of perspectives in non-ideal worlds.

Keywords: Framing; multiple selves; normative judgement; second-person standpoint; welfare; B41; D63; D90; I31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023-12-27
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Published in Economics and Philosophy, 2023, pp.1-23. ⟨10.1017/S0266267123000391⟩

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DOI: 10.1017/S0266267123000391

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