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2 The modern theory of utility includes a construction, which ensures that the value of any gamble is simply its expected utility, and a natural extension of this construction supports a utilitarian sum-ranking approach to the evaluation of policies. By a careful definition of functions of individual utilities, sets of which define the components on which a social aggregation rule operates, we can hold on to a utilitarian-type sum-ranking rule and also defend it against many standard objections. 3 To give a historical perspective, utilitarianism came into prominence in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, especially in England.
3. 22. D. , Foundations of Measurement (New York: Academic Press, 1971); S. S. Stevens, Mathematics, Measurement, and Psychophysics: Handbook of Experimental Psychology (New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1951). 23. ” For the role of continuity in expected-utility constructions, see M. Hausner, “Multidimensional Utilities,” Decision Processes, ed. R. M. Th rall, et al. (New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1954); and J. S. Chipman, “Non-Archimedian Behavior Under Risk: an Elementary Analysis—with Applications to the Theory of Assets,” Preferences, Utility, and Demand, ed.