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Standard rationality versus inclusive rationality: a critical assessment

Roberto Fumagalli

Behavioural Public Policy2025https://doi.org/10.1017/bpp.2024.53article
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This paper critically assesses Rizzo and Whitman’s theory of inclusive rationality in light of the ongoing cross-disciplinary debate about rationality, welfare analyses and policy evaluation. The paper aims to provide three main contributions to this debate. First, it explicates the relation between the consistency conditions presupposed by standard axiomatic conceptions of rationality and the standards of rationality presupposed by Rizzo and Whitman’s theory of inclusive rationality. Second, it provides a qualified defence of the consistency conditions presupposed by standard axiomatic conceptions of rationality against the main criticisms put forward by Rizzo and Whitman. And third, it identifies and discusses specific strengths and weaknesses of Rizzo and Whitman’s theory of inclusive rationality in the context of welfare analyses and policy evaluation.

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@article{roberto2025,
  title        = {{Standard rationality versus inclusive rationality: a critical assessment}},
  author       = {Roberto Fumagalli},
  journal      = {Behavioural Public Policy},
  year         = {2025},
  doi          = {https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1017/bpp.2024.53},
}

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