The claim assumes a cardinal, interpersonally comparable welfare scale that most anti-welfarist philosophers, including Sen and Nussbaum, reject as ethically inappropriate for allocation.
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A philosopher and classicist who developed the 'capabilities approach' with Sen, arguing that what matters is whether people have real opportunities to do valuable things, not just their happiness level.
Sen, Amartya(as referenced in ethics)
An influential economist and philosopher who argued that well-being can't be reduced to just happiness or money—people need genuine freedoms and capabilities to live good lives.
Welfarist/Welfarism(as used in ethics)
A philosophical approach that judges whether something is good or bad based entirely on how much happiness or well-being it creates for people.