Abstract Nozick’s ‘utility monster’ is often regarded as impossible, because one life cannot be better than a large number of other lives. Against that view, I propose a purely marginalist account of utility monster defining the monster by a higher sensitivity of well-being to resources (instead of a larger total well-being), and I introduce the concept of collective utility monster to account for resource predation by a group. Since longevity strengthens the sensitivity of well-being to resources, large groups of long-lived persons may, if their longevity advantage is sufficiently strong, fall under the concept of collective utility monster, against moral intuition.

Gregory Ponthiere

Economics and Philosophy

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The journal "Economics and Philosophy" explores the interrelationship between the disciplines of economics and philosophy. Each discipline possesses its own unique analytical methods, and their combination can yield powerful and fruitful results. By publishing articles and book reviews that link these two fields, the journal aims to promote their mutual enrichment. Topics covered include the methodology and epistemology of economics, the foundations of decision theory and game theory, the nature of rational choice, historical studies in economics with a philosophical purpose, ethical issues in economics, the application of economic techniques in ethical theory, and many other related subjects.

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