COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS

David Schmidtz

doi:10.4324/9781315768090-67

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS

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Cost-benefit analysis is not a moral theory, utilitarian or otherwise. It is a crude but serviceable tool for applying a measure of accountability to regulatory agencies of the executive branch charged with interpreting and implementing acts of legislation. It is more or less badly flawed, yet it gives democracies a fighting chance to operate as democracies are supposed to operate.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	The Routledge Companion to Environmental Ethics
Publisher	Taylor and Francis
Pages	685-695
Number of pages	11
ISBN (Electronic)	9781317665410
ISBN (Print)	9781138784925
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315768090-67
State	Published - Jan 1 2022

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