Maximizing, Optimizing, and Prospering

Dialogue 27 (2):233- (1988)
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Straight Versus Constrained Maximization.Jordan Howard Sobel - 1993 - Canadian Journal of Philosophy 23 (1):25-54.
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Morals by agreement.David P. Gauthier - 1986 - New York: Oxford University Press.
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Utilitarianism and co-operation.Donald Regan - 1980 - New York: Oxford University Press.

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