%0 Journal Article
%T Outline of a taxonomy of approaches to aggregation
%A James O'Connor
%J Nordicum-Mediterraneum
%D 2012
%I 
%X What limits on what can be done to individuals in pursuit of some ¡°greater good¡± are morally permissible, and under what sorts of circumstances? This depends largely on one¡¯s approach to interpersonal aggregation ¡ª that is, summing different goods (or harms) affecting different persons and weighing them against other similarly attained aggregates. I outline four approaches: non-aggregationism (e.g. John Taurek, 1977); asymmetric aggregationism (e.g. Peter Singer in many specialist writings, Alistair Norcross); symmetric aggregationism (e.g. Singer in popular writings); and weak aggregationism (e.g. T.M Scanlon). I conclude by briefly suggesting that the weak approach is the ¡°least worst¡± one.
%K aggregation
%K commensurability
%K comparability
%K value
%K Peter Singer
%K John Taurek
%K consequentialism
%K Thomas Scanlon
%U http://nome.unak.is/nm-marzo-2012/vol-7-n-2-2012/45-conference-paper/304-outline-of-a-taxonomy-of-approaches-to-aggregation