"The ways in which creatures in nature die are typically violent: predation, starvation, disease, parasitism, cold. Th…"

"The principle of natural selection is not obviously a humanitarian principle; the predator-prey relation does not dep…"

"The distinction between consumer and citizen preferences has long vexed the theory of public finance. Should the publ…"

"The cost-benefit analyst does not ask economists how much they are willing to pay for what they believe, that is, tha…"

"The cost-benefit approach treats people as of equal worth because it treats them as of no worth, but only as places o…"

"This essay concerns the economic decisions we make about the environment. It also concerns our political decisions ab…"

"Economists likewise argue that their role as policy-makers is legitimate because they are neutral among competing val…"

"No matter how much people are willing to pay, three will never be the square root of six. Similarly, segregation is a…"

"The person, in other words, is not to be treated merely as a bundle of preferences to be juggled in cost-benefit anal…"

"We act as consumers to get what we want for ourselves. We act as citizens to achieve what we think is right or best f…"