The connection between prudential and moral goodness

Journal of Social Philosophy 24 (2):105-128 (1993)
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The basic idea of the theorem is not very new: it is a slight generalization of a theorem proved by John Harsanyi in the 1950s.[i] The power of the book comes from his interpretation of the theorem, and from his strikingly clear and insightful discussion of the various conditions.

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