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Re: Public Goods

how public good problems are implicitly based in utilitarian thinking

For instance, a person who conceived of morality in terms of obedience, religious or other duty, or human rights, would not consider it a problem that some economic system does not always achieve the greatest good of the greatest number (or even the greatest good of every individual) in every transaction.

In what sense is the belief in the existence of public good problems a form of belief in totalitarianism or socialism?

None.

by David Deutsch on Sun, 04/29/2007 - 00:15

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