The Impossibility of Interpersonal Utility ComparisonsHAUSMAN, DANIEL, M.
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Article PDF first page preview Close This content is only available as a PDF. Author notes 1 This essay was delivered as a public lecture at the London School of Economics on May 11, 1994. Iam grateful for criticisms from Martin Barrett, Brian Barry, John Broome, John Christman, Keith Dowding, Ellery Eells, Jon Elster, Berent Enc, Shelley Kagan, Andrew Levine, Michael McPherson, Philippe Mongin, Peter Railton, Amartya Sen, Julius Sensat, Elliott Sober, Robert Sugden, Peter Vallentyne, Robert Wachbroit, Scott Weinstein, and anonymous referees. Work on this essay was supported by a Vilas Associate award from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (RO-22362-92). Christopher Stephens helped with the research. Nishi Shah originally suggested this line of thought to me. © Oxford University Press