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Article Dans Une Revue American Economic Journal: Microeconomics Année : 2021

Fair Social Ordering, Egalitarianism, and Animal Welfare

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We study fairness in economies where humans consume one private good and one public good representing the welfare of other species. We show that a social evaluator cannot be egalitarian with respect to humans while always respecting humans’ unanimous preferences. One solution is to respect unanimous preferences only when doing so does not lead to a decrease in the welfare of other species. Social preferences satisfying these properties reveal surprising connections between concerns for other species, egalitarianism among humans, and unanimity: the latter two imply a form of dictatorship from humans with the strongest preference for the welfare of other species. (JEL D11, D63, H41)
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hal-03426174 , version 1 (12-11-2021)

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Marc Fleurbaey, Martin van Der Linden. Fair Social Ordering, Egalitarianism, and Animal Welfare. American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, 2021, 13 (4), pp.466-491. ⟨10.1257/mic.20190091⟩. ⟨hal-03426174⟩
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