Stein's strict disability-welfare correlation thus misapplies utilitarian maximization by treating health status as a proxy for total welfare, collapsing a multidimensional function into a single variable.
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(describing how welfare actually works in reality)
Something that depends on many different factors working together, rather than just one thing.
single variable(what the critique says Stein wrongly reduces welfare to)
One measurable factor or piece of information, as opposed to many interconnected factors.
total welfare(as what's being oversimplified in the critique)
A person's overall well-being or quality of life, including things like happiness, relationships, autonomy, and meaning—not just physical health.
utilitarian maximization(as an ethical framework being misapplied)
The ethical approach of trying to create the greatest total happiness or well-being for everyone, usually by counting up what makes people's lives better.