The possibility of parity

Ruth Chang

The possibility of parity

Ethics 112 (4):659-688 (2002)

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Abstract

This paper argues for the existence of a fourth positive generic value relation that can hold between two items beyond ‘better than’, ‘worse than’, and ‘equally good’: namely ‘on a par’.

Keywords

parity, trichotomy thesis, incomparability, incommensurability practical reason, value, decision theory,

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Applied Ethics, Misc in Applied Ethics

Incommensurability of Value in Value Theory, Miscellaneous

Pratical Reason, Misc in Philosophy of Action

Preferences in Decision Theory in Philosophy of Action

Reasons, Misc in Philosophy of Action

Values and Norms in Normative Ethics

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10.1086/339673

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